Texas

[ronniewayne]

Good morning everybody!!!
I have a question how many chicks should I have in a brooder as y'all know I have 50 chicks coming on thursday and I'm worried that I should split them up but grandad says they should be fine in one big pen. What should I do and how big an area should I have for them for the first week or two?

I have a brooder made from an old crate that is 36" wide x 60" long and 18" deep..i run 50 chicks for 2 to 3 weeks in it in winter. in summer 2 weeks max as they start to get hot. if that helps after that i move to bigger pen . just the way i do it some others may have ideas that work also.

 

[Chucklecluck]

Thank you

Very nice! 

 

[showbarnmom]

I just put a phone reserve on a lavender orphington and a speckled Sussex pullet to hopefully pick up next week!!!!!!! *happy dance*

 

[KnobbyOaks]

I just put a phone reserve on a lavender orphington and a speckled Sussex pullet to hopefully pick up next week!!!!!!! *happy dance*

Jealous, much.

How old?

 

[showbarnmom]

Jealous, much.  :yiipchick   How old?

I believe she said 4&6 weeks respectively. Same age as my current flock. She's a wonderful woman I will tell you who she is after I get them she bought a bunch of the lavenders and isn't selling them yet, but said she would sell me one cause I am me hehehehe

 

[Cockle-Dood]

Brought home my 10 babies today! Will have pictures of them and their set up later this afternoon! So excited!!!

 

[Chucklecluck]

I picked up my ten Cornish rocks woot end of next month will be good eating

 

[chickletteSarge]

so im all cought up! got grounded for a bit so i could write my readmittence letter to school.... lol AWE MOM!!!!
i want to go back but ive gotten used to wakin up super late! oh well... hope they let me back in!

 

[Chucklecluck]

What Are you going back to school for( to do)

so im all cought up! got grounded for a bit so i could write my readmittence letter to school.... lol AWE MOM!!!!
i want to go back but ive gotten used to wakin up super late! oh well... hope they let me back in!

 

[Kilsharion]

Well, my incubator will be going under "test" in roughly 24 hours....I'm nervous! I sure hope it works as well as we hope it will. I'm not going to worry about finishing up the stain on it, right now. Instead, I'm going to get the lid firmly attached and start the temperature calibration. Oh...I hope it works like I planned for it to.....**goes into engineer panic mode**