The classroom started with 24 eggs, two were no good. Well 21 days later and so far 4 have pipped... 2 Olive Eggers and 2 Buff Orpingtons. Hopefully we shall have chicks soon, these kiddo are getting excited.
So you have brahmas you process for meat. The reason these interest me is the brahma is meat, egg laying and broodness. Do u suggest another bird like this.
Well Big Fatty is a momma again. So far eight are out and two more pipped. Last year we ended up with ten dead chicks, she was just to heavy and inexperinced and squashed them. She is being super nice. We get fertilized eggs from my friend Jenna once our hens go broody, so the best part is...
I put my chicks outside at 3 days old in 43 degree weather. I put a heating lamp over them and enclosed the pen like you described and they always survive.