Farmer D
In the Brooder
First time posting here, thought I've been reading and learning for over a year now.
My first day-olds (6 Australorp, 2 White Austra, and 2 Cuckoo Bluebar) will be arriving week after next. They will eventually be day-ranged with 4 year-old red sexlinks.
Current plans for brooder/pen setup is to have them on peat moss in a 4 foot round pen with hover heater and food and water, outside, but inside a more-or-less Suscovitch style chicken tractor, which is inside Premier 1 netting. The electric netting has worked perfectly for the past year keeping out predators, so it is line one of defense. The tractor is mostly for shelter and to provide them with contained protected outdoor space as soon as I can. Their brooder will be sitting up on a table, 27.5" tall.
Week 1, they will be confined to the brooder. Week 2, they will be supervised (taken out and put back) in the shelter. After that I was hoping they could come and go as they pleased during the day, via a wire shelving ramp (I've got lots around).
Has anyone used wire shelving as a ramp for young chicks? Is it a good idea or a bad one?
Thanks so much!
Diane
Windsong Farm
My first day-olds (6 Australorp, 2 White Austra, and 2 Cuckoo Bluebar) will be arriving week after next. They will eventually be day-ranged with 4 year-old red sexlinks.
Current plans for brooder/pen setup is to have them on peat moss in a 4 foot round pen with hover heater and food and water, outside, but inside a more-or-less Suscovitch style chicken tractor, which is inside Premier 1 netting. The electric netting has worked perfectly for the past year keeping out predators, so it is line one of defense. The tractor is mostly for shelter and to provide them with contained protected outdoor space as soon as I can. Their brooder will be sitting up on a table, 27.5" tall.
Week 1, they will be confined to the brooder. Week 2, they will be supervised (taken out and put back) in the shelter. After that I was hoping they could come and go as they pleased during the day, via a wire shelving ramp (I've got lots around).
Has anyone used wire shelving as a ramp for young chicks? Is it a good idea or a bad one?
Thanks so much!
Diane
Windsong Farm