my chick wieght log :)-week 2!

[Ducklove334]

does anyone dooo this?


we have a nifty little meat scale LOL, that can be switched from pounds and ounces to grams.

since I don't figure chicks wiegh any ounces, I wiegh them in grams.

so I decided to wiegh Lillies babies this morning, albeit they're 3 days old already, but eh.

SO I'MMA KEEP A LOG!

DAY 1: NN chick:??
Lt.Brwn chick:??
DrkBrown chick:??
Silkie chick:??
Yllw chick:??
tan chick:??

DAY 2:NN chick:??
Lt.Brwn chick:??
DrkBrown chick:??
Silkie chick:??
Yllw chick:??
tan chick:??

DAY 3:NN chick:39 grams
Lt.Brwn chick:44 grams
DrkBrown chick:36 grams
Silkie chick:19 grams
Yllw chick:45 grams
tan chick:37 grams

I shall wiegh them again tomorrow LOL

I figure if nothing else, it'll tame them!

 

[Winsor Woods]

I saw this post and had to go and weigh mine too.

My 3 SLW chicks are between 45 and 52 grams. The only feather growth I see is the wing feathers.

My 6 GLW chicks are between 127 and 147 grams. They are just getting their shoulder and tail feathers now.

Just out of curiosity, is there too much size/weigh difference between these two batches to house them in the same brooder setup?

Dan

 

[TrixiePA]

Ha ha... I thought I was the only nerdy (kidding) who did this.... I weighed each chick for the first 10 days and then every week for the next 3 weeks. LOL. I graphed it too just cause I'm super tactile kinestetic learner.

I didn't change my mail scale to grams so did .x ounces.

As a side. It did pick up a problem in one of my chicks. Everyone else would gain about .2 ounces every other day, but one got stuck at a weight and that prompted me to take a good look and I saw othe probs. We lost her on day 6.

Good Luck. The kids loved helping me with the process. The chicks also got a good couple of minutes being handled and seemed to expect it after the first couple of days.

 

[elmo]

We weigh our chicks every night when we bring them in from their outside playpen to go into their night cage, and record their weights on our wall calendar. One night, I was tired and decided to skip the weighing. The chicks peeped loudly and refused to settle down until I weighed each one. Now I know about being careful to establish a routine I might not want to stick with.

 

[Ducklove334]

Day 4:NN chick:48 grams (gain of 9 grams)
Lt.Brwn chick:53 grams (gain of 9 grams)
DrkBrown chick:43 grams (gain of 7 grams)
Silkie chick:22 grams (gain of 3 grams)
Yllw chick:51 grams (gain of 6 grams)
tan chick:44 grams gain of 7 grams)

it's hard to believe that they gain THAT much in just a day.

 

[JennsPeeps]

We weighed our chicks daily and took pics on the scale. They gained 10% of their weight each day, tripling their weight in 3 weeks!

 

[cheraboo]

We weigh the birds we're raising for fair every week. Right now that puts us at 4 ducks, 7 turkeys, 5 roasters and 10 broilers. The cornish will be joining our little party in a week or so ...

 

[Ducklove334]

Day 5:NN chick:??
Lt.Brwn chick:??
DrkBrown chick:??
Silkie chick:??
Yllw chick:??
tan chick:??
(skipped wieghing due to rainstorm)

Day 6:NN chick:55 grams (gain of 7 grams)
Lt.Brwn chick:53 grams (didn't gain anything O_O)
DrkBrown chick:50 grams (gain of 7 grams)
Silkie chick:23 grams (gain of 1 gram)
Yllw chick:60 grams (gain of 9 grams)
tan chick:50 grams gain of 6 grams)

you'd think they'd be fatter,after spending all day swallowing their own wieghts in those irritating pasture beetles!

 

[Ducklove334]

(this was from last night)

Day 7:NN chick:58 grams (gain of 3 grams)
Lt.Brwn chick:54 grams (gain of 1 gram)
DrkBrown chick:51 grams (gain of 1 grams)
Silkie chick:24 grams (gain of 1 gram)
Yllw chick:60 grams (gain of 0 grams)
tan chick:51 grams gain of 1 grams)

it seems like they're starting to slow down some

 

[Ducklove334]

okie dokie, it is officially the week wieghing LOL

Lilies 4 remaining babies turned 2 weeks yesterday

I also decided to wiegh Juliets babies at 2 days last night, and Naomi's baby at 1 day

LILIES babies:2 weeks
NN chick:88 grams
Lt.Brwn chick:83 grams
DrkBrown chick:91 grams
tan chick:82 grams

Juliets babies
DAY 2:
Partridge showgirl:26 grams
white Showgirl:24 grams
Yellow chick:34 grams

Naomi's chick
day 1: 28 grams