raising chicks

[seramaman]

i dont know how yall riase chicks but my method is getting old if any body has sugestions i would appriciate it

 

[Fred's Hens]

Love to help. But...... details? We have no idea what it is you are doing or why you are tired of doing it.

 

[ScissorChick]

Your method? As far as I know, there is no method of raising

chicks. What are you asking? Brooder methods? Ideas? Tips? Please detail

more.

SC

 

[elmo]

The best method I know of is to let a broody do all the work.

 

[seramaman]

im sorry iwas not specific on what i said i meant on brooding methods

 

[Fred's Hens]

OK, I'll try just one more time.

What method are you using, of which you are tired?

I brood in the barn or in the garage. In freezing cold weather, btw. It is irrelevant. With multiple heat lamps of various wattage, I can make it any temperature needed. I put in a full size water font, on raised platform. No fuss, no muss.
Feed crumbles once a day. I like straw. Easy as pie. The smell, the dust, etc is all outside. No stink or dust in the house. With two water fonts and two feeders, I can even go away for up to 3 days.

I don't clean until the chicks are done at 6 weeks, I just rake the deep straw once or twice and all the dry poop falls to the bottom. At six weeks, the chicks go out to the grow out pen. I take the trailer out to the garden and sweep it out. Done. What could be easier?

 

[donrae]

*eyes dh's garbage trailer*