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[TJChickens]

My daughter can hear, but she still uses sign language. So, when she is in the car with me, I do sign while I drive, but still try to keep my hands on the wheel. It does take some creativity!

Hmmmm... and we share the same roads....

 

[Pensmaster]

The cheapest brooder and fastest to assemble is a Lowe's large moving box. It's $1.39. If you need more space, add more boxes and cut doorways between them. Put heat in one, water in another and food in another.
When the chicks outgrow them they can be composted along with the feces or cut open and laid down in a garden bed to suppress weeds and pile more compost on top. The worms will eat the boxes.


 

CC I get my boxes from our appliance sub contractor. The boxes for the washer dryer platform
Works great and condos are always added on. Composting afterwards. Works really well. This last batch I made a box out of grandkids old bunk bed that their dad brought over for me. Man after my own heart he was thinking of me.

 

[chicken hawk 33]

@chicken hawk 33 yes, duck eggs fit into the chicken egg turners. Sometimes you have to skip a spot, but they do fit.

what do u mean skip a spot.and what about goose

 

[NestingHillsSC]

Even if the rooster is younger than the hens?

The question is this. I have a laying flock with a rooster and a group of youngsters with a rooster. The rooster in the laying flock is a peckerhead and will be losing his head. I want to put the youngsters (bout 3.5 months old) in with the laying hens that will be losing there rooster. When Kevin gets wacked is that a good time to throw everybody together? I don't care about the breeding aspect of it all. I want one happy group after the peckerhead loses.

The established flock is SLW and BA (3 of each) and the new ones will be CCL (3 hens and a roo). Should I just throw them all in the coop and let them sort it out or would leaving them in the run be a better option?


Say please.

The only true thing you have to worry about is are they old enough to defend themselves. Oh and if there is a rooster in there with them. If they are not laying yet, the rooster will try to mate them and can do damage.

 

[casportpony]

Ten pounds of feed per pound of duck!

NO

If I did the math correctly, 40 1 week old ducklings will eat 20 pounds per week and 40 7 week old ducklings will eat 156 pounds per week. How much is a bag of chick starter or flock raiser? $20?

-Kathy

 

[lindalouly]

applebutter14 everyone here can help you out. Just post and they will help.

 

[BullChick]

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I don't have geese. As far as skipping a spot, the eggs go in, but some might be too fat for another egg to squish in the slot next to it. Unless you have a turner that lays them down in rows. I will take some pictures. BRB!

 

[Chaos18]

The only true thing you have to worry about is are they old enough to defend themselves. Oh and if there is a rooster in there with them. If they are not laying yet, the rooster will try to mate them and can do damage.

I won't have to worry about the rooster part as the new one is a youngster (about 4 months old) and the hens I'll be adding to the fun fest are about 3.5 months old so I would think they could defend themselves. All the odds might not be in there favor as it'll be 6 older birds (all laying hens) to the 4 younger birds( 3 girls and 1 boy) but everything will be messed up because the top of the pecking order is being removed and none of the girls are aggressive whatsoever.

 

[BullChick]

In this, you might need to skip a spot.

In this, you should be fine.

 

[BullChick]

@Ur-ur-ur-urrr
I called IW, they made a note on my order. I will be getting a $20 refund, because I am keeping the cracked lid. As far as the "plus" not working, I can fix that with e superglue. I asked for a pepperoni pizza as well. He said that will take a few weeks to figure out, but he was sure they could send one.