Backyard Brahmas!!

[livininbrazil]

I think #2 and the last one are definitely pullets. #4 & 5 look like cockerels to me. The other two I'm not sure about. Let me know how I did on the guessing when you know for sure!

I go with bumpercar´s guesses, and... I also guess that these are the only 2 pullets..

I hope I´m wrong!

 

[carcar80]

I go with bumpercar´s guesses, and...  I also guess that these are the only 2 pullets..    I hope I´m wrong!

Well? I hope so too! LOL

 

[Huntress78]

That makes sense about the doors. I thought about hinging them on the bottom. Thought it might keep the little ones from escaping when I open the door but then figured the door would get in the way.

 

[livininbrazil]

That makes sense about the doors. I thought about hinging them on the bottom. Thought it might keep the little ones from escaping when I open the door but then figured the door would get in the way.

Well I thought the same... I would hinge it on the bottom with the hinges so that the door goes down flat onto the cage beneath.

 

[bumpercarr]

I go with bumpercar´s guesses, and... I also guess that these are the only 2 pullets..

I hope I´m wrong!

The 4 week olds that I have right now are feathering out very slowly, well, at least some of them are. 3 of them feathered out as I expect normally, but the other 4 just began to get any kind of feathering on their breasts and shoulders this week. I was thinking that the other 4 were all cockerels, plus one cockerel from the group that feathered "normally", but I think now that 2 of those 4 are probably pullets, just a different line and slower to feather. We'll see I guess in a few weeks. Just saying don't give up too soon about how many pullets vs. cockerels you have, some lines are just slow to feather I think.

 

[bumpercarr]

That makes sense about the doors. I thought about hinging them on the bottom. Thought it might keep the little ones from escaping when I open the door but then figured the door would get in the way.

The reason that I don't hinge on the bottom is because I keep feed under the floors of the brooder and the coop apartments. If the door folds down, then I have to lift it again to get to the feed. Sooooo, in my case I either have to hinge on the top or on the sides. Top just works better for me as far as space goes.

 

[big medicine]

Big Medicine I like your triple stack idea. How do you attach the brooder lamps in the lower levels?

Bumpercarr do you mean a slant front? I thought about doing one like that but went with the flat top so I could store stuff up there in the offseason.
Today it's doubling as a hospital pen.

Eye screw into a framing piece that supports the plywood floor for the level above. Attach the cord along the piece, then out a hole in the back large enough for the plug to pass through to a power strip on the side, for the basement brooder. Same basic set up for the big brooder, except the cords go up along a framing two by four to a power strip above the brooder.

On the door hinge options, I think you'll probably spend a lot less time picking up/chasing loose chicks if you use side opening doors that aren't the full size of the entire cage. Gives them somewhere to crowd to one side with out bailing out.

 

[Huntress78]

OK thanks. I was thinking the plywood just sat on the upper frame.

I finally settled on the side hinge...works out pretty good. Sometimes I hold a plastic dog box/crate in front of one opening and just herd them in it when I need to clean the brooder out.

 

[WendyF]

Hi, I'm hopping on this thread. I'm expecting my Buff Brahma chick from Meyer next Tuesday. So excited!

 

[holm25]

Hi, I'm hopping on this thread. I'm expecting my Buff Brahma chick from Meyer next Tuesday. So excited!

Hi they have cute Buff Brahma chicks here's ours from Meyer!!