Maybe you could give us examples of how anything on that list could be YES?
I will proabably take it i the shorts for this one, but....
The whole, 7or 9 week raising chicks with heat starting at 90* thing. Then reducing heat 5* a week (i think). They simply do not need it, and in my opinion do better with out it.
And as far as the yes no thing Bee, Yes you do not need to sterilize or have a bio level 5 coop, or No you do not need to sterilize and keep your coop at bio level 5.
Hows that!!!
The whole, 7or 9 week raising chicks with heat starting at 90* thing. Then reducing heat 5* a week (i think). They simply do not need it, and in my opinion do better with out it.
And as far as the yes no thing Bee, Yes you do not need to sterilize or have a bio level 5 coop, or No you do not need to sterilize and keep your coop at bio level 5.
Hows that!!!
And I agree with the not needing to heat at a certain rate to brood chicks....silly, really. The sooner they are outside, the sooner they feather up and build a strong immune system.
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X2 I don't keep chicks in the house any longer than 1 week and then it's in the chicken house for them. I deplore the house chicken thing and since I have been doing this I do feel my birds do much better in the long run and develop better and never get sick. Letting birds be birds goe's along way to improving their health.
X2 I don't keep chicks in the house any longer than 1 week and then it's in the chicken house for them. I deplore the house chicken thing and since I have been doing this I do feel my birds do much better in the long run and develop better and never get sick. Letting birds be birds goe's along way to improving their health.
I've seen some doubtful information on Mother Earth News. They ran one article giving advice about building a chicken coop but their design wasn't predator secure; in fact, in the comments, several people reported following the advice and promptly losing chickens to predators. There was also an article advising giving milk soaked bread to a chicken with a respiratory infection.
Just last night a man at my church and I were talking about how my hens aren't laying. He said that his grandmother would put a safety pin throw their nostils until they started laying. I find this very strange and disturbing! Thoughts please!!!!
How gruesome! I think I'd lay too if someone shoved a pin through my beak!
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X2 I don't keep chicks in the house any longer than 1 week and then it's in the chicken house for them. I deplore the house chicken thing and since I have been doing this I do feel my birds do much better in the long run and develop better and never get sick. Letting birds be birds goe's along way to improving their health.
x 1000. I've got chicks running around in the snow right now - and they are happy about it..
After getting an ecoglow for chicks born w/o broody, I noticed they really only need heat now and then and not anywhere near as much as generally recommended. Some folks keep them in the house, under heat, for eight + weeks and then want to put them outside with a heat lamp in 50F.
To each his/her own, but they are hardier than you think.
(four week old little roo) Hey, what is this white crunchy stuff?? Can I eat it?
X2 I don't keep chicks in the house any longer than 1 week and then it's in the chicken house for them. I deplore the house chicken thing and since I have been doing this I do feel my birds do much better in the long run and develop better and never get sick. Letting birds be birds goe's along way to improving their health.
x 1000. I've got chicks running around in the snow right now - and they are happy about it..
After getting an ecoglow for chicks born w/o broody, I noticed they really only need heat now and then and not anywhere near as much as generally recommended. Some folks keep them in the house, under heat, for eight + weeks and then want to put them outside with a heat lamp in 50F.
(four week old little roo) Hey, what is this white crunchy stuff?? Can I eat it?
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X2 I don't keep chicks in the house any longer than 1 week and then it's in the chicken house for them. I deplore the house chicken thing and since I have been doing this I do feel my birds do much better in the long run and develop better and never get sick. Letting birds be birds goe's along way to improving their health.
x 1000. I've got chicks running around in the snow right now - and they are happy about it..
After getting an ecoglow for chicks born w/o broody, I noticed they really only need heat now and then and not anywhere near as much as generally recommended. Some folks keep them in the house, under heat, for eight + weeks and then want to put them outside with a heat lamp in 50F.
To each his/her own, but they are hardier than you think.
(four week old little roo) Hey, what is this white crunchy stuff?? Can I eat it?
http://i807.photobucket.com/albums/yy358/fuzzyslipperz/2011-10-28byEye-Fi/P1020293.jpg
Mainly it is attributed to the pet chicken movement and certain sites promote this absurd theory of heat and house chicken care to the high levels we are seeing grow
X2 I don't keep chicks in the house any longer than 1 week and then it's in the chicken house for them. I deplore the house chicken thing and since I have been doing this I do feel my birds do much better in the long run and develop better and never get sick. Letting birds be birds goe's along way to improving their health.
x 1000. I've got chicks running around in the snow right now - and they are happy about it..
After getting an ecoglow for chicks born w/o broody, I noticed they really only need heat now and then and not anywhere near as much as generally recommended. Some folks keep them in the house, under heat, for eight + weeks and then want to put them outside with a heat lamp in 50F.
(four week old little roo) Hey, what is this white crunchy stuff?? Can I eat it?
http://i807.photobucket.com/albums/yy358/fuzzyslipperz/2011-10-28byEye-Fi/P1020293.jpg
Mainly it is attributed to the pet chicken movement and certain sites promote this absurd theory of heat and house chicken care to the high levels we are seeing grow
Could there be a direct correlation to the rise in threads titled "HELP! MY CHICKENS ARE SICK AND DYING AND I NEED HELP!" ?
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