Brooder

[Chuckkeeper]

Hi
I have 12 cream leg bar eggs due to hatch on Thurs 29th Oct and 12 more plus 3 bantam X eggs due to hatch two weeks later on 13th November. Out of the 27 in total, 24 were postal eggs so I am not expecting great rates.
Will these be able to make it in to the same brooder together (straight away or eventually) or will they need to be separate until 5/6 weeks when they can come off heat and go in to a coop? Would that be the first point I could combine?
Thanks
@OneHappyRooster @TheOddOneOut @JedJackson

 

[FuzzyCritters]

They can share a brooder. Separate the younger chicks for the first week using the "see but don't touch" method. Two weeks is not a huge age difference so they should get along.

 

[Chuckkeeper]

They can share a brooder. Separate the younger chicks for the first week using the "see but don't touch" method. Two weeks is not a huge age difference so they should get along.

Ah, thanks - so two heat sources needed?!

 

[FuzzyCritters]

Ah, thanks - so two heat sources needed?!

What kind of heat source do you have? If you are using a heat plate, you will need two heat sources. If you have a light, you should only need one. When I integrated a chick in with some older chicks, I put the young chick's section of the brooder right under the light. The older chicks could still get close enough to the light to stay warm.

 

[Chuckkeeper]

What kind of heat source do you have? If you are using a heat plate, you will need two heat sources. If you have a light, you should only need one. When I integrated a chick in with some older chicks, I put the young chick's section of the brooder right under the light. The older chicks could still get close enough to the light to stay warm.

Ah makes sense. I've got two of this style (diff brand): https://www.electric-fence.co.uk/25...W29rB6OeiBnP6xez6wuqGS7tlBd8Ds3kaAkKDEALw_wcB

 

[FuzzyCritters]

Ah makes sense. I've got two of this style (diff brand): https://www.electric-fence.co.uk/25...W29rB6OeiBnP6xez6wuqGS7tlBd8Ds3kaAkKDEALw_wcB

Great! If you have two of those, you can have one for the small chicks and one for the older chicks.

 

[Chuckkeeper]

Great! If you have two of those, you can have one for the small chicks and one for the older chicks.

For a few days or 1 week or so and then combine them?! Or best kept separate for the full 5 week brood?!

 

[TheOddOneOut]

YOU SAID YOU WERE DONE.

 

[Chuckkeeper]

YOU SAID YOU WERE DONE.

EGGS AND CHICKS DO NOT COUNT

 

[TheOddOneOut]

EGGS AND CHICKS DO NOT COUNT

THEY GROW INTO ADULTS!!!