Managing flock turn over

[630004]

And we have another broody Australop.

 

[Mrs. K]

I swear broody hens are in the air, and you can't get chicks now.

 

[texsuze]

Oh how I envy your green grass! Here in the throes of our catastrophic drought. I have a broody BA right now. Her second broody session this summer. But I love the breed. Jolene was my oldest BA and my best buddy--she lived to be 9 years old.

 

[Hip Hillbilly Acres]

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Some pictures of the gingers.

Oh em gee those birds look picture perfect!!!!

 

[Hip Hillbilly Acres]

Oh how I envy your green grass! Here in the throes of our catastrophic drought. I have a broody BA right now. Her second broody session this summer. But I love the breed. Jolene was my oldest BA and my best buddy--she lived to be 9 years old.

Oh to know all the abbreviations necessary. Oft times I am in the dark.

 

[3KillerBs]

Oh to know all the abbreviations necessary. Oft times I am in the dark.

Here's a helpful article: https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...-learn-56-common-poultry-abbreviations.76646/

 

[630004]

And now another two broody Austrolops.

I am going to let them hatch some of the Rhode Island Red eggs and start phasing them out. How many eggs do you think I should let each Austrolops sit on?

 

[Ozarkoak]

Oh how I envy your green grass! Here in the throes of our catastrophic drought.

I was thinking the same thing my pasture is a dust lot. I think there has been catastrophic damage done this year with no rain. It rained here the last 2 days seems to have broken the drought but now we have a mud lot. Bad bad bad.

 

[Silexian]

I only have 9 Austrolops so not sure its worth going through the hassle of selling and then purchasing chicks. I would be more comfortable hatching our own as we really like our Rhode Island Red rooster and hens. I figure we also don’t have to worry about strange birds bringing things in as well that way.

Im wondering when would be the best time to start hatching some chicks

I did my first fall hatch last year. I set the the eggs in September. I live in Missouri. It doesn’t really start getting bitterly cold at night, until late December or January. So by the time the cold weather settled in the chicks were close to being fully feathered. I kept them out in my brooder coop from day one. They did a lot better than I anticipated, even when it was single digit and below zero temperatures. For a couple weeks. I still prefer to hatch in the spring though. I like that there is plants and bugs and warm temperatures when it is time to turn them out of the brooder house.

 

[630004]

they have grown a bit. We got these guys in September and they did fine in the winter. I figure if we hatch some soon we should be fine.