Uh oh! I think my brooder is too small!:)

[topgunbobby]

So, I only expected around 50 or so to hatch. Now I have 70 and counting up. I think we're gonna need a bigger brooder.

 

[sunny & the 5 egg layers]

Congratulations on the successful hatching!

You're definitely going to need a bigger brooder.

 

[hunter109]

Yep sure do

 

[James the Bald]

This is from the MSU website; allow about 1 square foot of floor space for every 10 chicks through the first 2 weeks. During the 4-6 week period the birds need at least .25 square foot per bird and at 6-12 weeks of age the birds need at least .75 square foot per bird.

If you have 70 chicks, that's 7 square feet for the next 2 weeks.

Just out of curiosity, how many eggs went into lockdown?

 

[topgunbobby]

100 eggs. 83 hatched with more rockin and rollin!

 

[veggiecanner]

How much feed Is it going to take to get them to 6-7 weeks old?

 

[hunter109]

It should not take much

 

[topgunbobby]

How much feed Is it going to take to get them to 6-7 weeks old?

I have gone through about a pint of ground feed already. At least a pound, I'd say. Doing some estimating, I will go through 250 lbs of feed at the end of 7 weeks.

Meant to say 73 chicks earlier and now it's 77. I think that's about all that is going to hatch. Pretty good hatch rate for shipped eggs!

 

[topgunbobby]

Well, they just keep coming! I've had 80 hatch so far! Two this afternoon, which is nuts since lockdown began Saturday night and first bird was Sunday afternoon. I was about to pull the plug on my incubator this morning! So, anybody buying eggs should definitely give James Marie Farms a call.