MJ's little flock

[BDutch]

We have similar tables. I have found my chicks don’t read the tables!

Then you certainly had stubborn chicks? Or they did not yet have language and arithmetic at school.

 

[MaryJanet]

Such exciting times. I can wait to see photos of them in their new digs.

They're awake and have eaten but they haven't ventured out of the little coop yet.

 

[MaryJanet]

Only for the night I presume?
Probably no need for extra heat anymore during the day with your temps. They can keep each other warm too.

Schedule optimal temps for a small group of chicks (combination of 2 advices from hoogendoorn.nl and kippenforum.nl):
Week 1 - 36°C
2 - 34
3 - 31
4 - 28
5 - 25
6 - 22 with down, 20 with feathers

The chicks only need heat if the nights are cold after that. :
7 - minimum 15°C
8 - 10
9 - 5
10 - 0

When the temp at night is above 15°c its better to switch it off with 7 weeks.

The heat plate doesn't have temperature settings, but it does have independently adjustable legs, which most people arrange with one side higher than the other to provide a range of possibilities for getting close to the heat. It's very handy if there are a range of differently feathered chicks in the same brooding group because they can get closer or move away according to their own preferences, which they'd do if they were under a temp-adjustable heat source.

The chicks know this already and will get under the heat plate if they wish. When I observe it's no longer in use, I'll take it away.

 

[MaryJanet]

Then you certainly had stubborn chicks? Or they did not yet have language and arithmetic at school.

I have had a LOT of trouble convincing them to turn the pages of even the most juvenile picture book, never mind their maths books

 

[MaryJanet]

Down the ramp and into the mini run

 

[MaryJanet]

Then Hilda and Nancy hopped onto my arm yes, of course I was pooped on.

 

[RoyalChick]

Down the ramp and into the mini run

I do love this age!

 

[MaryJanet]

I do love this age!

Me too. All curiosity and scruffiness.

 

[Mother of Chaos]

Down the ramp and into the mini run

Is that a ring-collared dove I hear in the background? Might be called a Barbary or Cape turtle dove.

They’re invasive in the southeastern US, escaped pet birds, and they’ve worked their way up the Atlantic coast to Ocracoke island, where they’re displacing native species. I enjoyed their calls for about three minutes until I realized that they never stop from dawn to dusk. A pretty call (or song, I guess), but holy cow, they never vary nor stop.

 

[RoyalChick]

Me too. All curiosity and scruffiness.

Exactly!