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In the Brooder
- Jul 11, 2015
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Chickens
I’m designing a community farm and I was wondering if you could read over my care sheet and tell me if there’s any wrong information or things you would do differently.
Questions
Write up
Chicken
Special care
Temperament
Roosters aggressive without breeding.
Disease symptoms
Cost
Egg cost 30$ per 12
Chick cost 5$
Chicken cost
Rooster cost
Chick starter to grower feed amount 1.9lbs
Grower to finisher 5.65lbs
Breeding, laying and rooster amount 7.5lbs per month
Enclosure
Size
2sf
Height
24 inches
Fence type
Chicken Wire
Shelter
Small barn
Nest box
Equipment
Food, water, grit, calcium dish, nest box
Terrain
Dirt preferably grass
Diet
Feed type
18% maintainer added calcium with roosters in pen, layer feed for egg
Amount
Constant
Minerals/other
grit
Breeding
Sexing
Roosters bigger tails and comb, females more plain
Ratio
1-10
Age
Female 18 weeks, Male 16, stops at 5 year
Season
Yearly 14 hour lighting
Diet
Calcium dish
Nest box
12x12x14 inches
Eggs
Clutch size and numbers per year
Every day 14 hour lighting
Collecting time
Morning
Storing
12 days, room temperature, 75 humidity
Hatch time
21
Incubation temp
100
Humidity
50%
Candling
Every 7 days
Stop turning
18
Lock down
70-80 %
Move to brooder
Dry
Hatch rate
Half male and half female.
Brooder
Size
1 sf
Height
Temperature decreasing
6 weeks
Feed type length
Chick starter 3 weeks (1.9lbs each)
Chick grower 4-6 weeks (5.65lbs each)
Chick finisher 7-18 weeks
Special nutrients
Grit
Grow out pen
Size
3 sf
Feed type length
Maintainer, layer without rooster
Butcher
Butcher age
16 weeks
I’m designing a community farm and I was wondering if you could read over my care sheet and tell me if there’s any wrong information or things you would do differently.
Questions
Write up
Chicken
Special care
Temperament
Roosters aggressive without breeding.
Disease symptoms
Cost
Egg cost 30$ per 12
Chick cost 5$
Chicken cost
Rooster cost
Chick starter to grower feed amount 1.9lbs
Grower to finisher 5.65lbs
Breeding, laying and rooster amount 7.5lbs per month
Enclosure
Size
2sf
Height
24 inches
Fence type
Chicken Wire
Shelter
Small barn
Nest box
Equipment
Food, water, grit, calcium dish, nest box
Terrain
Dirt preferably grass
Diet
Feed type
18% maintainer added calcium with roosters in pen, layer feed for egg
Amount
Constant
Minerals/other
grit
Breeding
Sexing
Roosters bigger tails and comb, females more plain
Ratio
1-10
Age
Female 18 weeks, Male 16, stops at 5 year
Season
Yearly 14 hour lighting
Diet
Calcium dish
Nest box
12x12x14 inches
Eggs
Clutch size and numbers per year
Every day 14 hour lighting
Collecting time
Morning
Storing
12 days, room temperature, 75 humidity
Hatch time
21
Incubation temp
100
Humidity
50%
Candling
Every 7 days
Stop turning
18
Lock down
70-80 %
Move to brooder
Dry
Hatch rate
Half male and half female.
Brooder
Size
1 sf
Height
Temperature decreasing
6 weeks
Feed type length
Chick starter 3 weeks (1.9lbs each)
Chick grower 4-6 weeks (5.65lbs each)
Chick finisher 7-18 weeks
Special nutrients
Grit
Grow out pen
Size
3 sf
Feed type length
Maintainer, layer without rooster
Butcher
Butcher age
16 weeks
