I am a breeder and I breed for show. I hatch up to 50 chicks every 2 weeks... I usually breed around 100 to 120 chicks every spring. So I need to move them out of the brooder and into the coop. It's just to many to keep in the house. As well as I need the brooder for the next hatch. The...
No, I didn't give them sand or dirt to bathe in. My chicks have to move out of my brooder when they are about 1.5 to 2 weeks old and into their coop. They can dust bathe there. Usually they don't really dustbathe until a couple of weeks later anyways. So I'm good with that.
No, they do roost. But, keep in mind that my chicks grow up without adults around. He might feel a bit intimidated to join them. They might also not want him there. Maybe if he wasn't the only one he might be braver. It will change when he gets older. Don't worry!
I was spending some time with my chicks as I haven't done that in a while. So I got some fly larvaes and sat down and gave them some treats. When I came back to the front I found this.
I must have left the door open. The rooster was complaining and I thought it was because of the ladies...
please don't be jealous!! This is the only run where I can keep growing gras. I need to figure out a way to grow gras in at least part of the run. But they kill it so fast!! We had lots of rain lately...so it is growing very fast at the moment.
I've been thinking of building some growing...
The major thing is the comb. It needs to be as perfect as possible. The ridges all in a line... none cut too deep or too short. Size. If I have chicks that are too small compared to the rest, I will sort them out. I can somewhat tell how the color will be but can't be certain. So they do...
I haven't posted much of my chickens lately. The chicks are between 5 and 11 weeks old. The first ones that didn't make the cut have been sold.
The pictures are of the 3rd and 4th hatch which are 5 and 7 weeks old as of tomorrow.
Really? That is great!
As I am a breeder I feed parent feed to the adults. "Zucht"
The chicks I start out with chick starter... and after about 1.5 weeks I go to chick raiser. At 9 weeks they get feed for young roosters and the hens young hens. After the shows I start them on Zucht.
I...
I could give you recommendations for German feed but the question is do they ship to Slovakia.
I feed Mifuma. Other large companies are Deuka, Garvo, Havens. I am sure I am forgetting some.
I found this here https://www.pitapinta.de/index.php/abgabe/bruteier/7-abgabe-bruteier
They do ship outside of Germany. click on "Klick hier" to contact them. They want you to let them know your address, how many and when you would like to have them shipped. Then they can give you a price...
Hi @Erba so nice to have you back!
I am sad that you lost all your birds. It just sucks! So far I have been so lucky. It must have been devestating to lose your birds, and it sounds like more than once.
Hope to see you here more often.