Getting the flock out of here - a diary of a crazy chicken man

[el pollo rey]

Hey I found a thread showing somones Home made incubator simulating a Dickey. third picture down shows a view through the back of the Bator.

Looks like the turners are attached to a single motor that pulls them down one way..... I suspect the trays are weighted the other way to lift them back up....

https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/dickeys-incubator

Ilike the design because there are doors both front and back to access individual components for maintenence. Like someone said.... simpler is better and I do agree.

deb

simplicity does make it simple i tend to use what is availible at hand

 

[el pollo rey]

Salmon Fav getting photo bombed by White Rock! LOL

too cute

 

[piglett]

simplicity does make it simple i tend to use what is availible at hand

same here or i go up to the dump to "forage"
rite now i am taking my old movable meat pen (it has wheels under it)
& turning it into a 4 level brooder
each level will hold up to 50 babies
each week i'll move them down to the next level till
they are ready to sexed
the pullets will be sold off
the cockerels will go to the chicken tractor unless they are really good lookers
in which case i'll set them up with a couple pullets & sell em as a trio.
now i need to start getting 4 of thesehttp://www.brinsea.com/prod-EcoGlow_50_Chick_Brooder-256.aspx
1 for each level


piglett

 

[piglett]

Dick Horstman is near Pitsburgh I think

http://horstmanspoultry.com/home.html

he has a great heritage starter set

single and rose comb RIR
silver penciled rocks
silver and red dorkings
blue andalusians
blue orpingtons
gold laced cochins
silver laced wyandottes

worth a drive

he takes a bit to contact and his birds/eggs get sold out fast but getting on the list is a good move

this is what i am going after OZ
http://www.ebay.com/itm/35-WHITE-AM...ultDomain_0&hash=item3cd166e7b9#ht_312wt_1126
they are the Rolls Royce of chickens if you raise them the propper french way

 

[ozexpat]

same here or i go up to the dump to "forage"
rite now i am taking my old movable meat pen (it has wheels under it)
& turning it into a 4 level brooder
each level will hold up to 50 babies
each week i'll move them down to the next level till
they are ready to sexed
the pullets will be sold off
the cockerels will go to the chicken tractor unless they are really good lookers
in which case i'll set them up with a couple pullets & sell em as a trio.
now i need to start getting 4 of thesehttp://www.brinsea.com/prod-EcoGlow_50_Chick_Brooder-256.aspx
1 for each level


piglett

I have heard lots of people complain about those brooders heaters. dont buy 4 at once

 

[ozexpat]

this is what i am going after OZ
http://www.ebay.com/itm/35-WHITE-AM...ultDomain_0&hash=item3cd166e7b9#ht_312wt_1126
they are the Rolls Royce of chickens if you raise them the propper french way

good luck with them, they are great looking birds. I saw some whites and blacks a few weeks ago

 

[hillfloweranch]

Just had an idea!! We could all apply for "religious status" and get tax exempt status for our chicken cult! LMAO ROFL our bylaws would be renamed "the pullet pact". Counsel members could be "shells & yolks". Ok having way too much fun with this!

 

[ozexpat]

Just had an idea!! We could all apply for "religious status" and get tax exempt status for our chicken cult! LMAO ROFL our bylaws would be renamed "the pullet pact". Counsel members could be "shells & yolks". Ok having way too much fun with this!

I asked before but I need to do so again... do you have psyche beds at your hospital ?

 

[hillfloweranch]

Yup. But they refused to let me in!! Lol

 

[gryeyes]

Oz, I have both sizes of EcoGlow brooders and I love 'em. The 50 is easier to adjust the height for growing chicks, but the 20s fit better into my Rubbermaid brooder bins. I have two 20s and one 50.

The big issue with 'em is the need to have an ambient temp of around 50 degrees, so they're not so great for cold locations like a coop in the winter.