ALABAMA!!

[dan26552]

If I get any these year it won't be till at least April

 

[kimberly35042]

yup...ducks are a whole nother level of messy! Best brood them outdoors for sure.

Tom -- the scovys look great! You'll have babies soon too I would imagine. Didn't you get a male in that group??

 

[Alabama Jack]

Got the brooder done and coop is getting close. 15 chicks show up on Tuesday from Meyers! Getting excited!

 

[Wisher1000]

What a gorgeous coop! Wanna come build one for me?

 

[Peanutsmomma]

Got the brooder done and coop is getting close. 15 chicks show up on Tuesday from Meyers! Getting excited!

Wow!!! Amazing coop! Can't wait to see the finished product. Please post pics of your babies when you get them settled in.

 

[rancher hicks]

Got the brooder done and coop is getting close. 15 chicks show up on Tuesday from Meyers! Getting excited!

Well now if you are new to brooding chicks, I feel it's only fair to warn you that they are very dusty.

I brooded my first 25 in my office. I started with one Plastic bin and that grew to four. They came on Feb 22. I will never forget it. by the time I moved them to the back room I needed two four foot areas and two heat lights.

Though I am in NYS so it was to cold to move them to the outside coop until April or May. Fool that I am I should have run a cord with a light to the coop but didn't think of that.

Anyhow keep them in the house the shortest time possible or you will be dusting the entire room.

Your coop and brooder do look nice though.

 

[Tomtommom]

Well now if you are new to brooding chicks, I feel it's only fair to warn you that they are very dusty.

I brooded my first 25 in my office. I started with one Plastic bin and that grew to four. They came on Feb 22. I will never forget it. by the time I moved them to the back room I needed two four foot areas and two heat lights.

Though I am in NYS so it was to cold to move them to the outside coop until April or May. Fool that I am I should have run a cord with a light to the coop but didn't think of that.

Anyhow keep them in the house the shortest time possible or you will be dusting the entire room.

Your coop and brooder do look nice though.

x2 I keep mine indoors for 3-4 weeks TOPS, basically until they're not teeny tiny anymore (teeny tiny chicks seem to get stuck in stupid places).

They're messy and smelly, no matter how often you clean them. They will somehow poo in their food and spill water everywhere.

Kimberly, yeah, 1 male, 3 females.




That's my stud muffin, Heimlich.




See the resemblance?

 

[Tomtommom]

Oh, wisher, those baby boys are CROWING. 1 month old and crowing...

Lots of chest bumping and jumping going on too. There's a few girls in there, but it seems we have a whole lot of chickie testosterone roaring.

 

[kimberly35042]

alabama jack -- AWESOME coop!!!

 

[Alabama Jack]

Thanks for all the kind words and advice. I plan to move them to the coop at about four weeks, with an ecoglow 20. Think that would work?

Wisher, I can be bribed with some of those chicks you're hatching! Gotta warn you though, it's a 10 footer (looks great from 10 feet away). This is my first time building anything bigger than furniture!