Spring guide to raising healthy chicks

Chicks

There is nothing that indicates spring, like newly hatched chicks. If you haven’t ordered yet, now the time has come, or through a nearby breeder, local feed store or mail order. You will also want to configure your Brooder so that you are ready when the Precious Fuzz seeing box arrives.

Choosing the perfect chicken breed

There are so many different chicken breeds to choose that starting work can be quite intimidating. Specify what is most interested: laying eggs, meat production, anxiety (setting and hatching of eggs) or the possibility of feeding. Some breeds offer a good balance of all these features and seem to fit into homes quite nicely. With time, you can develop a personal favorite, but look at the trying Buff Ortons, Wyandottes, Brared and Plymouth Rocks, Delawares, Rhode Island Reds, New Hamshires, sex Links and old English birds of the game. The temperature differs slightly from the race to the race, some have more perseverance or escape, some more gentle and calm. In general, these breeds produce a mixture of eggs and meat. If you want to cut a lot of eggs a year, consider adding silk to your herd. These Bantams (smaller sizes than average chickens) are extremely intelligent. In fact, it’s not just chickens; Silkie Roosters from time to time “go” go Broody “. Having a dedicated papillary, it will release other chickens to constantly lay eggs.

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Mix

Consider to order several different breeds at the same time. If you keep a herd for a long time and hatch your own chicks, it occurs in wsobno, and the quality of chickens can decrease with any new generation. If you order several different breeds, pulling genes is greater and allows you to maintain higher quality birds. Another way to deal with this is to periodically add a new rooster to your herd (although it is obvious that you must first remove the elder).

Chicks

When ordering the chicks, some hatches allow you to choose sex chicks. Unless you choose a gender -related breed, determining the sex of chicks is difficult. Sexual practices are becoming more sophisticated and more reliable than in the past, but don’t be surprised if you end up with a rooster or two in your Pullet party. This is happening.

Preparation of Brooder

With selected breeds and the arrival of the Picklęta Days, it’s time to set your hatchery. You can build a hatchery of any number of consumables or order ready. Shipments of chests, large and solid cardboard boxes, plastic storage containers, plywood constructions and others all work admirable as a hatchery. Basically, you need an area that contains chicks (and stop predators or animals) in a warm place with available food and water. There are many ideas and plans on the internet to build your own chicken Brooder, so do a quick search and find something that will be best in your situation.

Chicken brooders can be placed in homes and chicken barn (if no other animals, including other chickens, can reach them and the temperature) or at home. My family spent many sources with our Brooder hidden in the corner of our kitchen. The leading small peaciers of the chicks kept us the company until we led them outside when they were adults.

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After building Brooder, sprinkle with the floor with pine chips. Pine Trocain is fine after the first week. Earlier, the chicks can eat it. Never use cedar chips because they are poisonous and kill if they are consumed. Hang the heat lamp and place the thermometer on the Brooder floor with the chicks. The temperature should float nearly 91.4 degrees Fahrenheit. Adjust the height of the heat lamp or change the bulb until you reach this temperature. You will also want to make sure that Brooder is large enough for the chicks to get out of the heat lamp if they are overheated. In spring, external temperatures can change a bit, so check your hatchery often. If the chicks are densely densely together under a heat lamp, they are probably too cold. If they are scattered to distant extent of anxiety, they are probably too hot. Every few days, reduce the heat in the excavator, raising the heat lamp up.

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Provide the chick in a shallow vessel and water in the chick. If your yard is quite large, you will probably want to put the stones in the water hole so that the chicks cannot fall and drown. You can start chicks with sugar water, although it is not always necessary. Place about one teaspoon in the water gallon quarter. The extended use of sugar water can lead to a paste in the chick, so use it only at the beginning of a few hours or if at some point the chick is chilled or stressed.

When the chicks arrive

When your chicks arrive, take them to your hatch. The heat lamp should already be turned on, so you can immediately put them in a new, warm home. Take every chick and briefly check them if the damage and ass paste injuries. Dip the beaks in the water and place them next to feeding the chick, and even standing in a dish. The chicks learn quickly, but at first they don’t know what food and water are. After checking all chicks and introducing them to food and water, let them rest. They had a stressful journey, but they should revive quite quickly.

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Maintenance

You will often want to check your Brooder for the first few days to make sure everyone is fine and the temperature is comfortable for chicks. It is not uncommon to lose a chick or two if they are sent by post. Reject them right away and keep an eye on the rest of your chicks. Contact the seller or hatchery if you start losing more chicks. But there is a chance that you will not have any problems and you will be able to enjoy satisfaction with the sounding sounds of chicks emanating from their fear. In the coming days and weeks there will be small wings’ feathers, and the cock combination will begin to develop. Soon your little offspring will be ready for the first introduction to the wonderful in the open air!

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