She said/He said Who's right? Who's wrong? No one!

[RubyNala97]

Wait until they feather out. They will blow up again and eat twice as much as the big chickens. Try switching them to flock raiser. It's not a necessity, but my juveniles love it

Ok. I bought a 50lb bag of grower but I wasn't sure if I should switch them yet because I believe it has lower protein then starter. But I'm already mixing it into the starter so they have a smooth transition.

Sebastian dances after crowing because he has a noise reduction collar on and is trying to get it off. He's over twice the volume without it.

I was wondering if he had a collar on because of the way his hair was flipping up. Too funny! He's a handsome boy!!

2 reasons... 1 they're using body energy to acclimatize instead of grow... 2 they hit that 'dinosaur' stage and always seem to take longer to grow out of that...

ok, I was thinking too, maybe because they are foraging now instead of sitting in front of the food dish, bored all day.

 

[sjturner79]

SC, you're killin' me!!! I didn't even realize!^

What - you don't know he was going at you about spelling right as mice

 

[scflock]

ok, I was thinking too, maybe because they are foraging now instead of sitting in front of the food dish, bored all day.

Ah, good point. All of mine are in pens. I supplement from the garden, but the majority of their diet is feed

 

[chickadoodles]

lol

I have a bunch of turkey poults in brooders that are now about a week old and they don't want to stay in their brooders.

 

[scflock]

lol

I have a bunch of turkey poults in brooders that are now about a week old and they don't want to stay in their brooders.

What's up, doodles?

 

[RubyNala97]

I gave it to you in the ovation. I get in trouble when I do it out here

You have to be careful, auto-correct can get you in trouble sometimes!

I do the same. I used to use starter until lay, but I was having a problem keeping broody chicks out of the layer's food. I switched them all to flock raiser and gave free choice oyster shells in the pens

What about the medication in the starter?

:cd  lol 

I have a bunch of turkey poults in brooders that are now about a week old and they don't want to stay in their brooders. 

Oh, I know. I had to build a screen top out of hardware cloth for my peachick brooder. They were flying all over the house!

 

[sjturner79]

So although my hatch is not quite done I know my final stats.
30 set.
22 lockdown.
3 dead in shells no pips.
1 suffocated in shell after pipped.
15 live chicks(1 with some issues)
3 scrambled that I couldn't tell earlier.
Only 1 was not zipped by the time my birthday started but is 3/4 of the way around now.

 

[Ravynscroft]

Ok. I bought a 50lb bag of grower but I wasn't sure if I should switch them yet because I believe it has lower protein then starter. But I'm already mixing it into the starter so they have a smooth transition.
I was wondering if he had a collar on because of the way his hair was flipping up. Too funny! He's a handsome boy!!
ok, I was thinking too, maybe because they are foraging now instead of sitting in front of the food dish, bored all day.

That's part too, I forgot, lol...

What kind of grower? Different brands have different levels...
Purina flock raiser is 20%...

 

[Ravynscroft]

So although my hatch is not quite done I know my final stats.
30 set.
22 lockdown.
3 dead in shells no pips.
1 suffocated in shell after pipped.

Not bad at all!

 

[chickadoodles]

I have some wire to put over the top of the brooders but usually they don't start this till they are about 2 weeks old. lol
I have to go dig out the wire for them.

sjturner I hope the rest hatch great for you.