November Hatch-a-long...

[FortCluck]

I used coloured Zip Tie to leg tag them .
chooks man

I have two chicks I want to put bands on but I'm so afraid that it'll cut off circulation

 

[Chooks man]

Great hatch! Sorry about the low legbar rates.

do you heat that room they are all in together?

just moved them in .they not familiar with any nose or movement .take them a day or 2 to figure out they space .
they have a heat lamp turned of to take photos .
room is not heatted , it is a summer very here very hot days .

chooks man

 

[jolenesdad]

just moved them in .they not familiar with any nose or movement .take them a day or 2 to figure out they space .
they have a heat lamp turned of to take photos .
room is not heatted , it is a summer very here very hot days .

chooks man

Got it! They look great!

 

[FortCluck]

I want to fill up my whole incubator it looks so empty and sad

 

[Chooks man]

I have two chicks I want to put bands on but I'm so afraid that it'll cut off circulation

I leave enough room for they leg to grow . change them every 2 weeks

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

Got it! They look great!

thank you ,here in OZ we don t have a problem with a cold ,for us a problem is with a heat .too much off it .most of the time .
my place is good because is an orchid , a lot of trees ,shade and grass .

chooks man

 

[Maiahr]

@FortCluck I use zip ties too, leave room for the leg and change them as they grow.
@Chooks man your brooder is HUGE! How do you clean it?

 

[FortCluck]

@FortCluck I use zip ties too, leave room for the leg and change them as they grow.
@Chooks man your brooder is HUGE! How do you clean it?

I want a brooder that big as well, I am going to section off some of a barn just for a brooder. I can't wait!

 

[Maiahr]

I have space as well but what do you put on the floor and how do you clean it?? My barn has cement, so I cannot put the wood shavings directly on the cement. I was thinking about layers of styrofoam and then wood shavings on the top.. but again, cleaning?

 

[Chooks man]

@FortCluck I use zip ties too, leave room for the leg and change them as they grow.
@Chooks man your brooder is HUGE! How do you clean it?

I do not clean it . I use top up bedding method .every week I add more wood shaving . the heat and the worm air keep the bedding dry . when I move any group out around 6 to 8 weeks I clean hole thing and desinfect .
I do clean and dust the brooder room ones a week too .
here a photos of a brooder box after the chicks where moved at 6 weeks

those 2 cockerel just jumped in .the bedding is 25cm thick

here a photos of a same place after been cleaned out and refebished .

chooks man