Minnesota!

[holm25]

My father was born 100 km from Bielefeld, where the breed originated.

Thats cool!

 

[scandiafowl]

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Just make sure they are big enough. I would say my smallest branch is 2" across and they fill that one last. The bigger ones go first[/quote

Do you mean at a minimum 2 inch diameter?

 

[Minniechickmama]

My second hatch is due tomorrow, so of course, they started hatching yesterday when I was moving them from the incubator to the hatcher. There are about 10 of them out already.

You can read where if your temp is higher than it needs to be, that will cause them to hatch early, and if it is lower they will take longer. Well, my temp is 100.5. If I turn it lower, I have problems. If I raise it, I have problems. So, I will take chicks hatching early over chicks not hatching at all or hatching with guts hanging out.

 

[scandiafowl]

That looks similar to my old setup before I built my poop board. I loved watching them hop from rung to rung to get up and down. Chickens jumping just makes me giggle

Edit: except mine was made of branches

I'm trying to figure out how to get a poop board under there.

 

[KlopKlop]

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Just make sure they are big enough. I would say my smallest branch is 2" across and they fill that one last. The bigger ones go first[/quote

Do you mean at a minimum 2 inch diameter?

Yes, diameter. Their favorite one is one that is oval shaped and 6" in diameter one way and 4" the other.

 

[holm25]

My second hatch is due tomorrow, so of course, they started hatching yesterday when I was moving them from the incubator to the hatcher.  There are about 10 of them out already.    


You can read where if your temp is higher than it needs to be, that will cause them to hatch early, and if it is lower they will take longer.  Well, my temp is 100.5.  If I turn it lower, I have problems.  If I raise it, I have problems.  So, I will take chicks hatching early over chicks not hatching at all or hatching with guts hanging out.

Awesome! Whats hatching? Is it Bucks and bantams?

 

[scandiafowl]

Yes, diameter. Their favorite one is one that is oval shaped and 6" in diameter one way and 4" the other.

When I get back from spring break I'll do a walkabout and mark trees that have good branches.

 

[KlopKlop]

I'm trying to figure out how to get a poop board under there.

Yeah I struggled with that too which is why I rebuilt totally.
I tried making the whole thing hinge from the top so I could swing up up to the roof and hook it and get behind it easier which helped but when I put a poop board under it was always too steep and the poo rolled off down to the floor anyways.

 

[KlopKlop]

You could try what I have heard called a poop hammock? It is a fabric/tarp poop catcher you can carry out and dump

 

[MinnesotaNice]

My second hatch is due tomorrow, so of course, they started hatching yesterday when I was moving them from the incubator to the hatcher. There are about 10 of them out already.

You can read where if your temp is higher than it needs to be, that will cause them to hatch early, and if it is lower they will take longer. Well, my temp is 100.5. If I turn it lower, I have problems. If I raise it, I have problems. So, I will take chicks hatching early over chicks not hatching at all or hatching with guts hanging out.

Congrats on the little ones!

Mine hatched two days early and my temp was around 100.5/101. I was like oh man, oh man, oh man.