Surviving Minnesota!

[jerryse]

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=345246442623499

 

[duluthralphie]

I have found the same thing with chicks handled a lot. They get demanding. My most aggressive was a Silkie rooster who was handled daily as a chick. A few good tosses in the air with the boot ended it


I have a XL wired dog kennel I use in the winter when I hatch. I put a heat lamp on top of it and with a heat lamp that room stays pretty warm. I might move her tonight though.

Can the chicks get through the wire?

 

[jerryse]

Janet woke up grumpy from a nap . Told her to let me sleep ! She did not .

 

[I Love Layers]

Can the chicks get through the wire?

No, I put wood around the sides of the cage

 

[Cluckies]

One should never spare the boot on a deserving rooster!! (said by this old wise man living in the banana belt)


Layers, I would move the broody hen into a Box/cage that is very windproof, if possible with a ceiling/roof on it. Put a door on it so you can lock her in it. Maybe even another heat source, pad light or something for when the babies hatch.

I rear my babies outside, in a "coffin" to start with at a couple weeks I open a door to a larger cold are. I move the feed and water out there as they grow. With the it close to the door to the heated area.

They learn fast to come out eat and run for the heat. I later open up a third cold compartment for the. I have two of these. The one allows me to heat the two end units so I can raise two batches at once. You should construct something similar so the chicks do not die on you. Good Luck

That sounds really neat, do you have a photo?

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=345246442623499

 

[duluthralphie]

Janet woke up grumpy from a nap . Told her to let me sleep ! She did not .

WOMEN!!! You would think after all these years they would know we need our beauty rest!

 

[duluthralphie]

I might have a picture somewhere... I have 3 white legbars (adults) in the one brooder now..The other I need to clean soon. I have been kind of busy lately or sick and I had birds in it before the show.


Coyotes are going nuts in the swamp tonight. I just got home from a meeting a little bit ago and had to shut the coop door... Good thing they did not decide to snack before the little Coyote Choir Practice..

 

[I Love Layers]

Morning
Coyotes are bad here to, just the ither night we had one right outside the house, as in 5 feet away from the house. One of these nights my dad and I are going to go sit on a hill and see how many we can get

 

[jerryse]

Morning .

 

[duluthralphie]

Morning .

Hey Jerry...Did you get a full nights sleep?