17th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-Along

[Debbie292d]

Love the feathered feet!

I see that you use pellets instead of chips. Do you think those are better?

We've used them in the coops for a decade. It wasn't until about four years ago that I saw pictures of someone who had them in their brooder, and that minute we switched. Will they eat the pellets? No, they are too big, but even if they could, or eat some of the dustless sawdust they make when they get wet, it's just like the chips or anything else...they'll try it once, then bleh.

They keep the brooders dry and clean, except underneath the nipple waterer. There I have to change them out daily. When I don't, they "dust bathe" in them. So I cover that area with paper towels to stop that lol.

 

[gullinkambe]

Did an early day 6-candling since the sneak-peek I did a few days ago seemed a little shady.

9 out of 20 viable. No quitters, the rest look unfertilized. The young rooster has only been here a little over a month, but there might be another reason. I've been reading about comb-genetics on threads here on BYC and apparently homozygote rosecomb could give lower rooster fertility. I might have to rethink my plan for an all-rosecombed flock.