October-hatch-along 2019

[john_wrightson2003]

When is Halloween? Thanks God we do not have this celebration here..

Yes I hate it! SO dumb

 

[igorsMistress]

So... today is hatch day. And I am at work.... forgot to look when I woke up... sigh last 45 mins seem so long. Good thing my RIR chicks came in the mail today! They are under my desk. yup good dayView attachment 1938238

All hatched yesterday

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Awe, look at those cute little peeps

 

[Fur-N-Fowl]

Awe, look at those cute little peeps View attachment 1938278

Thankyou!

 

[FortCluck]

All hatched yesterday

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I love the photos!!! They're all so cute

 

[Maiahr]

@Fur-N-Fowl, they are cute but how come they hatched yesterday and they are outside? I see grass on the pictures. Aren't they cold? I read they need to be at 33C the first week.

 

[Fur-N-Fowl]

I love the photos!!! They're all so cute

Thankyou

@Fur-N-Fowl, they are cute but how come they hatched yesterday and they are outside? I see grass on the pictures. Aren't they cold? I read they need to be at 33C the first week.

I took the photos when I took them off the broody that hatched them. When I take chicks off a broody I always give them a quick check over in daylight then they go straight into my brooder. Don't worry they aren't staying outside at that age, I'd freeze in our weather nevermind them.

 

[Maiahr]

So I cannot find a good source of information about temperature for chicks at different age. I know week 1 -33C, then reduce by 1 degree each week. But I have 8-days old chicks that are happy outside now and it is 22C during the day (I bring them inside the brooder at night), so with winter approaching and waiting for another 3 hatches in the incubator I would like to know better..

 

[Muscovy Wunda]

So I cannot find a good source of information about temperature for chicks at different age. I know week 1 -33C, then reduce by 1 degree each week. But I have 8-days old chicks that are happy outside now and it is 22C during the day (I bring them inside the brooder at night), so with winter approaching and waiting for another 3 hatches in the incubator I would like to know better..

I vote get a hatching app. I use poultry assitant and it has an incubator tracker and a brooder traker. The brooder one tells you when to change temp and what to, so you can use it as a guide. I'll attach an example

 

[Maiahr]

I vote get a hatching app. I use poultry assitant and it has an incubator tracker and a brooder traker. The brooder one tells you when to change temp and what to, so you can use it as a guide.

Cool, I didn't even know such exists.

 

[igorsMistress]

So I cannot find a good source of information about temperature for chicks at different age. I know week 1 -33C, then reduce by 1 degree each week. But I have 8-days old chicks that are happy outside now and it is 22C during the day (I bring them inside the brooder at night), so with winter approaching and waiting for another 3 hatches in the incubator I would like to know better..

22c is what, 70f? More than enough warmth for chicks. I had them brooding outside with a heat plate and overnight lows were in the 50s, so about 10c, daytime highs similar to yours.

Chicks raised by a broody don't have heat lamps and prime conditiins for brooding. They're outside with mom and run under her skirts for warmth when they get chilly.