Pea Eggs Scheduled to Hatch?

[frenchblackcopper]

I'm wanting to give you a double fix,,,,the second purple is working O.T. now,,whats better than 1 Purple b/s silver pied peachick pic?? 2 purple b/s silver pied peachicks,,yes???

 

[country_girl011]

Yes my baby is alive its an ib doesnt look split to white hes doing good the other baby will b released when i get home =)

 

[zazouse]

When do you all put your pea chicks outside? I'm trying to make sure that my pea is old enough to go outside. I have these chicken stalls but I think it may be too young to go outside in a locked and secured pen.

I have my peas outside from day one, first i keep them in the brooder for a week then i open the door and let them learn how to come and go from the brooder to the outdoor brooder, at night i would lock them in the brooder till they got to big and started roosting in the outdoor brooder, it is so warm here this time of year i only keep a light on in the brooder box at night or when it is raining.

This is my brooder pen with the brooder box, everything is mobil so i can take it down and reset it on new ground and i repaint the brooder box every spring before hatching starts.

 

[zazouse]

I'm wanting to give you a double fix,,,,the second purple is working O.T. now,,whats better than 1 Purple b/s silver pied peachick pic?? 2 purple b/s silver pied peachicks,,yes???

Yes or you can spread them out if it's gonna take long

 

[frenchblackcopper]

Have an Opal b/s out now,,second Purple is out,,

 

[Lil Zoo]

Have an Opal b/s out now,,second Purple is out,,

Awesome how many more to go.

 

[Lil Zoo]

I have my peas outside from day one, first i keep them in the brooder for a week then i open the door and let them learn how to come and go from the brooder to the outdoor brooder, at night i would lock them in the brooder till they got to big and started roosting in the outdoor brooder, it is so warm here this time of year i only keep a light on in the brooder box at night or when it is raining.

This is my brooder pen with the brooder box, everything is mobil so i can take it down and reset it on new ground and i repaint the brooder box every sp

That's an awesome set up. By moving it around does that eliminate the parasite problems with the chicks? Beautiful Chicks.

 

[Lil Zoo]

Mr. and Mrs. were associating tonight. Mr.was preening and calling. Don't think anything happened, but they are pearched side by side.

 

[Lil Zoo]

I have a question in this heat would it benefit the peas to put a child's swimming pool in their pen??

 

[zazouse]

That's an awesome set up. By moving it around does that eliminate the parasite problems with the chicks? Beautiful Chicks.

Yes, i move the pen to a new location in the winter and lime it down, spread wood chips it sets like this till hatch time ,then i fill it with sand as they mess it up, after that i let it rest a while then move the pen and start the same process.
I get the chips free from the tree trimmers and they set around in piles for about a year before i use them.