Lavender Orpington project ....

[aveca]

and a happy independance day to you too..thou i dont have a great pic like that..

 

[Fancy Feathers]

Great picture!

 

[cowchick11]

Wanted to post a few pics of my green eyed Lavs. They are about 12 weeks and growing really well.

 

[Fancy Feathers]

Beautiful. Those look like really nice birds.

 

[Sharon2012]

I'm new to raising chickens and have 3 Lavender Orpingtons that are two weeks old. So stupid question time-- when will they be
able or willing to start pecking on things like greens or small tomatoes? Mine act like whatever I put in there besides chick starter is a bomb ready to explode.

 

[Gardeningmama]

I'm new to raising chickens and have 3 Lavender Orpingtons that are two weeks old. So stupid question time-- when will they be
able or willing to start pecking on things like greens or small tomatoes? Mine act like whatever I put in there besides chick starter is a bomb ready to explode.

I'm anxiously waiting for the answer to this one. I'm having the same problem. I have 13 five wk. olds, and they act as if I've put something horrible in with them. I've tried all kinds of things, even watermelon. I thought maybe it had to do with the breed.

 

[HallFamilyFarm]

No matter the breed, we never offer scraps, grass etc to anything in a brooder. Once they have their feathering, then we start introducing of scraps, vegetables and grasses.

 

[Sharon2012]

How long do they stay in a brooder? Mine are in a cage and are already more than twice the size they were when I got them at 5 days.

 

[HallFamilyFarm]

How long do they stay in a brooder? Mine are in a cage and are already more than twice the size they were when I got them at 5 days.

We use tote brooders in the house for about a week or two.



Then we relocate them to a recycled rabbit hutch.
We use a lower hotwater tank thermostat in every brooder, including the totes. This allows the temp to remain what we want. We leave the chicks in the hutch for about 2 more weeks. Then move them into a brooder house that is 6'wx6'Lx6'H. When they are fully feathered our chicks go into our 5x8 backyard coops.

 

[Zgoatlady]

hallfamilyfarm
We use a lower hotwater tank thermostat
can you tell me more what this is, Id love to use one in ours too.
thanks