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Upstate south Carolina?
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Upstate south Carolina?
BTW, please, I beg you, don't dig up an old post of mine to use against me...yes you did, I can dig up a quote when I finish work.
thanks.
Yep, that's as close as you freaks need to knowUpstate south Carolina?
Sorry for your issues, OMC... we've got ducks everywhere, so I feel your pain...
Looks like a bit of pecking and frostbite, but that's just a guess...![]()
Before I finished reading your post I was going to say that I've had amazing success by blocking off a section of the run with hardware cloth and putting the new chicks or adult birds in the smaller section. I put food on each side of the divider. This way they eat next to each other and get used to each other. I've had no issues when I remove it and they mingle together great. Good luck! It sure is cold today here too!
@OldMissionChick, we chicken wired off a section in our coop for the intro period. It's a pain to clean around with a loose wire door, but it's worked.
My three that were hatched by broody last October still stay together. I call them the three stooges. I think they are all girls, but they are not pretty....lol one has muffs and beard. Te bigger ones will still peck at them if they try to eat next to them....lol
These 3 won't let you touch them. Skiddish broody raised brats...lolArgh! Why did I not get any notifications?!?
I feel bad because he is so sweet! I dont want him to have either![]()
Food on each side is a good idea. I go out there several times a day to hand feed them & make sure they have water.
I am hoping I won't need it when its time to clean (we are doing deep litter). However flipping the bedding will probably be more difficult
I call them the three amigos lol they are so sweet.
Argh! Why did I not get any notifications?!?
I feel bad because he is so sweet! I dont want him to have either![]()
Food on each side is a good idea. I go out there several times a day to hand feed them & make sure they have water.
I am hoping I won't need it when its time to clean (we are doing deep litter). However flipping the bedding will probably be more difficult
I call them the three amigos lol they are so sweet.
That is a great point. I've set eggs as old as four weeks, but best results are DEFINITELY had with eggs less than two weeks old.
I don't typically do anything special for storage unless I need to keep air cells really small for long storage. And that is its own can of worms.
That's chicks that live to three days without health issues that require culling. Most terminal/cull issues will present by three days. For instance, chicks with malformed digestive systems will be fine while living on yolk but when they move to solid food, the issues start. Or those with peritonitis or other issues will reach a critical state by 3 days.
Plug the turner in, what's so hard about that?![]()
I know, I know, that's a good point. I forget that some of the little people hand turn![]()
Are you guys supposed to get the cold snap this weekend?
Now it's "I am the Frog King"
I really think hand turning is better. The best two hatches I had I hand turned.My first set of my own eggs for the New Year's Day Hal were OLD! And this is interesting because the very first egg to hatch was 1 month and 1 day old when I set it. I had assumed that the older the egg, the later it would hatch but in that set my results were the opposite.
"Little people"!!! I'll just say it...I believe hand turning creates stronger chicks. I know it's not possible for everyone, especially when you work outside the house. But i believe it's true.
Yes! It's already freezing!!! I knew this winter was to good to be true! Are you getting it?
The lizard king of the chicken world!
Does the cabinet's turner motor give off as much heat as the LG/styrobator ones do?? That's one of the biggest things I noted and any eggs placed by that motor developed at an accelerated rate and then quite early.I think hand turning is much better than the Little Giant "fry them in the corner and barely move the eggs" turners, but my GQF cabinet's turner does a full 90 degrees in 10 seconds or so, and cycles every hour. Even if I didn't have to work I couldn't match that frequency.