Picture: Q&A When to move chick(s) to brooder

[SweetMotherOfMars]

Q: When should you move chicks from the incubator into the brooder?



A: When they start peeking out the ventilation holes!

 

[Chook-A-Holic]

lemmie out!!! lemmie out!!! LOL

 

[chickenlittle32]

Oh that is too darn cute!!!

 

[pamperedpoultry]

ha ha Its like he's sayin Umm Excuse me!! Do you plan to let us out anytime soon!!

 

[k2chickens]

i believe chicks can live off the nutrients of their absorbed yolk sac for up to 2 days inside your incubator. Me, i take them out when they get about 90% fluff balled, and that normally takes about 18 hours after they hatch.

 

[drumstick diva]

Love the photo. You should do a series of these "illustrated instructuals," truly worth 1,000 words.

 

[SweetMotherOfMars]

Thanks all. I couldn't help myself... had to share.
The bottom pic reminds me of the Wizard of Oz.

No one gets in to see the Wizard! Not no way, not no how!

dd I think we could do a series as a group effort (this is just my second hatch, I know you [all] have more photos than I do!)​

 

[NonnasBabies]

Awe... that is way cute!!

Missi

 

[mulia24]

great pics. but i think he want to get fresher air than hot air inside bator so he take a look from the vents

i grab mine out 2 hours after hatch due to soccer training by kicking other eggs he did inside bator.

 

[SweetMotherOfMars]

Mulia, this one got "ejected from the game" for treating her mates toes as mealworms. I didn't think it was fair as that one still had her shell on her bottom & couldn't strike back.

Don't worry though. Now that they are both in the brooder, no ones toes are safe.