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[Sooner]

Once I get past building my house I will have to figure out a brooder system that I can work in to my already existing set up. When you stager hatches, how do you deal with the humidity?

 

[al6517]

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I will have my big incubator permantly set both with temp & humidity at a constant never changing level, with turners and fan's, then on day 18 or so I will move them to a seperate hatcher that has no turner and the humidity is also up'ed with no forced air.
Cornish tend to do better with a dryer incubation enviroment & slightly higher temp's, and then just keep spitting them out every 3-4 day's or so.

AL

 

[al6517]

Now you think well what about brooding all those chicks who are all different ages. With my current pen set-up I plan to take 2 large pen's and splitting them into 8 walk in compartment type brooders, and rotate them accordingly to another Grow out pen area.

AL

 

[sjarvis00]

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I dont know if I will have time to get all mine done..... But if I do I will get right on yours next...LOL

 

[sjarvis00]

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I have 7 brooders set up then 3 cages after that. I move chicks from one brooder to the next weekly. then when they come out of the brooders I put them in the cages and move them weekly. By the time they go outside they are 10 weeks old. Next year I would like to add a few more cages(and bigger cages at that) so they go outside between 12 or 14 weeks(havent fully decided). Then I would like to build pens that they stay in according to age until 19 or 20 weeks then move them in with the breeder pens if I am keeping them.

 

[sjarvis00]

How are you today Al?

 

[Sooner]

There is my problem being able to convert something that I already have & then making it where they can go from pen to pen as they get older. I will have all winter to work on it thank goodness.

Steph so nice of you to help out. LOL.

 

[al6517]

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Good Steph.................... And you ??. Your brooder rotation is well thought out, I know that works well for you. I plan do something very similar.

AL

 

[Sooner]

I would love to hear your idea's too Al.

 

[al6517]

Carah : What is it you would like ??.

AL