ALABAMA!!

[griffinkid02]

Awesome, thx cukoo, I'll have to check it out, and find a cheap old crap for the over-grown bugger I want gone. I swear he'd make a thanksgiving dinner if I wasn't to lazy to butcher just one chicken.

 

[allaboutdemchicks]

Just a reminder that the Alabama Chicken and Egg Festival will be this weekend with their first ABA sanctioned Poultry Shows...one Friday night, Saturday morning and Sunday afternoon.

Also going on in the State is the Show at Fort Payne.


Claudia

 

[Desirai]

I want to gooooooooo but it's just too far of a drive.

 

[Alabama ee]

I like your brooder. All the little chicks look quite happy in there.

My Nankin chicks and brooder



My Brooder Box


The Brooder Lid

The babies. This pic was taken through the plastic wall, that's why it isn't very good


After 3 days at the mercy of the USPS they felt the need to pray to the great hot light. I got a good laugh at them all asleep at once. It hasn't happened again...

THEY"RE SO FLUFFYYYY! I love my fuzzy butts!


the spot has gone away on this one. SOme of them have lost their spots, others seem to be getting more prominent. They all had the spot on their heads on arrival. And no, the spot wasn't marked on; they are born with it.

 

[hearts34]

Good looking peeps! I already have too many, but I don't know how to stop!LOL

I have 3 Roos. segregated for doing their job too well! buff, barred rock and Australorp
I have 5 australorp hens, 6 buffs and 3 barred rock.
The new additions are 4 americana chick and 4 rhode island red chicks.

 

[mos68x]

I'm planing on going to Moulton this weekend, at least to see the poultry show. Would like to find some for trade, or even to trade a couple of mine off, but won't have them ready soon enough if I decide to. Is there any others in northern AL that might be just trading spots for farmers or anyone with chickens??

 

[griffinkid02]

Thank you AlabamaEE, I got the plans from the homemade brooder section on here, just made a few tweeks based on what I had to work with. I should note that for anyone thinking bout building a similar style., the thin plastic walls of those tubs makes then unsuitable for staying outside if the temp is dropping below 70oF. The lamp just couldn't keep up with the heat loss through the sides and I actually lost one chick because it never recovered from the chill when I let it sit on the carport just to try. That's the only one I've lost so far though and it is an exceptionally nice brooder if you have some where inside that's out of the way. Clean up is awesome too. I just dump the shaving and poop somewhere that needs a bit of mulch and then hose it down, nothing, so far, has given me any trouble sticking to the plastic.

 

[griffinkid02]

Ok, so I have a slightly amusing story to tell this morning. I had to switch my chicks over to the other brooder this morning so that I could dump out and clean the one they were in. I had decided that while the litter is lasting 2 days between changings, there is a bit too much odor coming off of it around the waterer where they splash despite my best efforts. SO, I decided that this time I would put a fine layer of sand and herbs beneath the pine shavings to give off a more pleasant smell. I added cilantro, parsley flakes, rubbed sage, and carroway seeds as those are the dried herbs which I most enjoy the smell off, then I put in my pine shaving liter and a double hand full of cubed grilled toast leftover from breakfast. (Yes it DID occur to me afterwards that with sage, cilantro, parsley, and breadcrumbs one might wonder if I was actually just making dressing flavored mcnugget chicks lmao. Didn't cross my mind at the time). So, I added the chicks, and discovered that while the herbs will do NOTHING to combat the chicken smell in the brooder box, the chicks just absolutely LOVED that I had buried "treasures" in their bedding for them. I watched for 20 minutes solid as they RIPPED through their new bedding, scratching and pecking, until every LAST speck of herb and bread was gone. I had in mind that a great white shark feeding frenzy had NOTHING on my formerly sweet and adorable fuzzy lumps. After they were finally convinced that there were NO more goodies left they drug their engorged fatty butts over to the heat lamp and passed out. Now I'm sitting here trying to convince myself that I do NOT smell thanksgiving coming out of the brooder box, lol.

 

[dixiegal62]

Love it!

Ok, so I have a slightly amusing story to tell this morning. I had to switch my chicks over to the other brooder this morning so that I could dump out and clean the one they were in. I had decided that while the litter is lasting 2 days between changings, there is a bit too much odor coming off of it around the waterer where they splash despite my best efforts. SO, I decided that this time I would put a fine layer of sand and herbs beneath the pine shavings to give off a more pleasant smell. I added cilantro, parsley flakes, rubbed sage, and carroway seeds as those are the dried herbs which I most enjoy the smell off, then I put in my pine shaving liter and a double hand full of cubed grilled toast leftover from breakfast. (Yes it DID occur to me afterwards that with sage, cilantro, parsley, and breadcrumbs one might wonder if I was actually just making dressing flavored mcnugget chicks lmao. Didn't cross my mind at the time). So, I added the chicks, and discovered that while the herbs will do NOTHING to combat the chicken smell in the brooder box, the chicks just absolutely LOVED that I had buried "treasures" in their bedding for them. I watched for 20 minutes solid as they RIPPED through their new bedding, scratching and pecking, until every LAST speck of herb and bread was gone. I had in mind that a great white shark feeding frenzy had NOTHING on my formerly sweet and adorable fuzzy lumps. After they were finally convinced that there were NO more goodies left they drug their engorged fatty butts over to the heat lamp and passed out. Now I'm sitting here trying to convince myself that I do NOT smell thanksgiving coming out of the brooder box, lol.

 

[cukooformarans]

That's too cute, griffinkid!