California - Northern

[Papa Brooder]

The Chickens are still hatching. There are 13 eggs left and I see 3 pips.

Why are Rhodebar chicks so cute? They look much better than the pictures on Feather Site!

 

Yay! So exciting!!

 

[Papa Brooder]

One tolbunt (one one I had in there) and the first F4 lav marans just hatched!! I know I know pics coming soon

cant wait to see them!

 

[Hangtown Farms]

hopefully more chicks in a week. Really could use some good news. I just set up the 65 gallon fish tank in the dining room where the baby's will stay a week or two before they go in the garage

 

[Miss Molly]

My Daughter and I are going to make Christmas cake pops... might have to make these after Christmas

 

[cherylcohen]

My Daughter and I are going to make Christmas cake pops... might have to make these after Christmas

omg, why o why am I on a diet

 

[cherylcohen]

hopefully more chicks in a week. Really could use some good news. I just set up the 65 gallon fish tank in the dining room where the baby's will stay a week or two before they go in the garage

Wow you are really devoted, Larry would KILL me if I had them in the house... but I do have a room in the garage so I guess it's different

 

[Miss Molly]

Wow you are really devoted, Larry would KILL me if I had them in the house... but I do have a room in the garage so I guess it's different

Cheryl, how warm do you keep that room? I have always kept my baby chicks in a shed... I have the echo glows. A few weeks ago I put some chicks out in the shed like I always do... The next morning when I went down to feed, half dead. The other half died over a few days. Now I have chicks in my laundry room...Not Good! I'm thinking my next day off I'm going to have to buy a heater for the shed. Any advice?

 

[Miss Molly]

For those of you with cream legbars- since they auto sex. Once you have your breeders established- when you hatch more to sell (chicks) what will/do you do with the extra boys. Since you are not likely to need them and you cannot sell them unsexed (because they are already sexed) do you grow the cockerels out and rehome them alter or do you cull the extra males while still hatchlings? You can PM me if you do not want to share in thread. I am really curious.
I may want to do cream legbars instead of Easter eggers so if I breed with a dark brown layer - for some olive eggers - would they still be auto sexing? Or do they lose that when mixing them with another breed?
Excuse my typos. Sent from my iPhone.

Amy Beth, so far I have been growing them out.. Only because I can't seem to cull the sweet little things..;( Hard to find homes for that many Boys... wish I could blink and have most of the boys disappear ....LOL

 

[cherylcohen]

Cheryl, how warm do you keep that room? I have always kept my baby chicks in a shed... I have the echo glows. A few weeks ago I put some chicks out in the shed like I always do... The next morning when I went down to feed, half dead. The other half died over a few days. Now I have chicks in my laundry room...Not Good!

I'm thinking my next day off I'm going to have to buy a heater for the shed. Any advice?

I'm using eco glos for the first time, but I'm such a mother hen and these lavender marans are so precious to me that I also have a heat lamp on them...it's 95-97 degrees or so in the brooder, the room warms up because of the heat lamp.

Now if I decide to take the heat lamp out and replace with a regular bulb, then I will probably heat the room while it's a bit insulated because of the 2 built walls (room is in the back corner of the garage) but I would say it's probably 60- typically in the colder nights

I'm not so sure that in the early moments of birth they are smart enough to gravitate to the eco glo, at least like I said it's my first time using them. maybe others have different ideas. I was trying to switch because I didn't want to burn the house down, but I think you are right and should heat it

 

[Miss Molly]

Holy Moly.. i just counted the chicks in my brooder and there are 70!!! Yikes....  My last two incubations were not that successful, but I realized this time that one bator is a better hatcher than the others.  Of 40 eggs, only 3 did not hatch after lock down, then 6 days later I put another 37 eggs in that same bator for lockdown and 33/37 hatched.   I need to move these guys out to the barn brooder today but it is stormy and I am feeling lazy.  

I have 70+ that just hatched also.. I'm just realizing the grow out shed is to cold... Crap! Now what to do! Not thrilled they are in my laundry room. Either is my family...