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lonewolfranch

lonewolfranch

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Feb 17, 2017
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I got 7 two week old jubilee orpingtons and I got 6 week old copper marans today and Wednesday I'm getting 32 day old chicks can I have them all in the same brooder or 3 separate ones?
 
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When I'm incubating in full swing, I have 1 or 2 brooders going. I hatch each week and add chicks to the brooder each week, mixing them with the older birds. When they're about 4 weeks I pull them out to the "big" brooder or the grow out pen, depending on the weather. So, I mix chicks from new hatched to 4 weeks with no issues. Just be sure there's lots of space (I'm using stock tanks), more than one feeder and waterer, and they can all access the heat at the same time without piling up on each other--smashed chicks are no fun
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I'm not sure what you'd use to brood that many chicks at a time, especially once they're a few weeks old. You may need multiple brooders simply to have enough floor space.
 
donrae said:
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When I'm incubating in full swing, I have 1 or 2 brooders going. I hatch each week and add chicks to the brooder each week, mixing them with the older birds. When they're about 4 weeks I pull them out to the "big" brooder or the grow out pen, depending on the weather. So, I mix chicks from new hatched to 4 weeks with no issues. Just be sure there's lots of space (I'm using stock tanks), more than one feeder and waterer, and they can all access the heat at the same time without piling up on each other--smashed chicks are no fun :( . 

I'm not sure what you'd use to brood that many chicks at a time, especially once they're a few weeks old. You may need multiple brooders simply to have enough floor space. 
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Right now I got the orpingtons in a 4foot by 6 foot home made brooder and the marans in a stock tank
 

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