The Rhodebar thread!

[Ihilani Coffee]

What breeds did the founders use to get the;
Isbars
Rhodebars
Creambars

Google is your friend.

 

[RFR of CA]

http://autosexing-poultry.co.uk/wordpress/

This is a great site that will answer those questions.

 

[The Farm]

Thanks!!!

 

[melroseladi]

Eggs are in lockdown. I am so excited to see what I get.

Penny

 

[RedRidge]

Yeah! I have a bunch of Rhodebar chicks but my first F1s went in lockdown today too. Wednesday should be fun... We'll see

 

[Ihilani Coffee]

Eggs are in lockdown. I am so excited to see what I get.

Penny

Be sure to get us pictures!

11 more days for me. Pulled 2 infertiles, one bloodring, 9 left.

 

[melroseladi]

I have 14 F1's that made it to lockdown as well as 3 HRIR RC eggs. One of the F1's has already pipped. They aren't due until Tuesday so a little early. I am going to be using the Premier heat plate instead of a heat lamp this go round. I will take pics and post them.

Penny

 

[Ihilani Coffee]

I have 14 F1's that made it to lockdown as well as 3 HRIR RC eggs. One of the F1's has already pipped. They aren't due until Tuesday so a little early. I am going to be using the Premier heat plate instead of a heat lamp this go round. I will take pics and post them.

Penny

Is that similar to the Brinsea brooders? Those only raise temp 30 degrees above ambient, which doesn't work where I am. I'd love a lower wattage solution that I could use in the barn in winter. My electric bill for the barn has tripled with heat lamps for brooders.

 

[melroseladi]

It is similar but the way it works is not to raise the ambient temp. It works like a hen does with her chicks. When the chicks need to get warm they run under it and touch the underside to get warm. There are a couple of threads about the heat plate versus heat bulb as well as a thread comparing the Brinsea and the Premier. I am not sure of what the minimum ambient temp can be in order for it to work properly, however, but I am sure if you call Premier they can tell you.

I have a hen that hatched out a chick during our coldest temps and she has had the chick out of the nest since day 3. When the chick gets cold it will just run under mom for a warm up and then back out into the cold it goes.

I am hoping this works similar to a hen with chicks and makes for stronger chicks.

Penny

 

[RedRidge]

I love my premier heat plate! That said, I only use it in the feed room of the barn, not the outside brooder. Feed room rarely gets below 50 so I have had no trouble.
I am not to hopeful even for those 4 that made it to lockdown. We've m
lost power twice over the last 2 weeks, one was a long time. Bators got down to 70. We will see. I didn't have the battery backup charged... I won't make that mistake again. Have Rhodebars and HRIR on the ground but haven't hatched any F1 yet. When the power went out I had almost 100 F1 eggs in 5 staggered settings.