Torrential rain flooding run

[foreveryoung]

Emma what set up are you using

 

I have made a brooder so to speak will post pics, its just a good sized plastic storage box, cut out a large hole in the lid and attach chick wire. 1 halagen lamp min 40 watt bulb (when they move to bigger cage/ tube suitable for heir size and age. They are settling well. oh and the run about on a towle in the evening for 5 mins just to spread their wings (I had the gas fire on for a bit 1st so it wasnt chilly for them. )

[Janty]

hello, well i went for 2 and came back with four

 

 

will post a pic when i find my sd card. they have loads left!

 

What types did you get?

 

Apparently they are various hybrid breeds which I thought was unusual for battery farms to order.

[tara]

hello, well i went for 2 and came back with four

 

 

will post a pic when i find my sd card. they have loads left!

 

What types did you get?

 

Apparently they are various hybrid breeds which I thought was unusual for battery farms to order.

 

 

l thought battery farms used the brown ones cant remmember the name l know it begins with an l

[foreveryoung]

hello, well i went for 2 and came back with four

 

 

will post a pic when i find my sd card. they have loads left!

 

What types did you get?

 

Apparently they are various hybrid breeds which I thought was unusual for battery farms to order.

 

 

l thought battery farms used the brown ones cant remmember the name l know it begins with an l

 

I have a black rock, I have a lavender and 2 beige (not sure what those 3 are.)

[Janty]

Isa browns or warrens are used as battery hens.

[Janty]

Your beige chick could be a Calder Ranger. That was one of the breeds they have.

[tara]

Ah lve got 2 ex battery they are full of personality.Id like some so l wonder why they had different breeds

[Janty]

I will post more info tomorrow if I can.

[foreveryoung]

these are my new babies still working on their names tho...

 

Peach ^

pear ^

I havent got a name yet ^

plum ^

 

I hoep these are not too big, if they are please let me know. also I know I have a black rock but I dont know what the others are at this point in time.

[Janty]

They are lovely Emma.

I like the one with the stripe.

 

 

Can't wait to go tomorrow.

[foreveryoung]

They are lovely Emma.

I like the one with the stripe.

 

 

Can't wait to go tomorrow.

 

she dose not like odd numbers!

ooo just a suggestion if you have a hot water bottle or a wheat bag to warm up. I used a wheat bag to hep keep them warm while I transport them, they all sat on it lol

Edited January 10, 2009 by Guest

[Janty]

Thanks for that. Will go and hunt some out now. Was the lady ok about boiling a kettle, etc or should I take a flask?

[foreveryoung]

Thanks for that. Will go and hunt some out now. Was the lady ok about boiling a kettle, etc or should I take a flask?

 

 

how long will it take you to get there?

[Janty]

Just over two hours.

[foreveryoung]

Just over two hours.

 

 

she was happy to microwave the grain bag that I had, Im sure she will be happy to boil the kettle or run the hot tap (make sure you have a thin towel to go around the hot water bottle). if you can get hold of a grain bag it might be easier to heat.

just tell her that you have a lil bit of a drive and you dont want them to get cold..... mention me if you like I had 2 kiddies with me.

 

keep an eye out for orsett fruit shop its not far off the turn off, its litrally in there

[Janty]

Thanks for the advice.

 

Jan

[foreveryoung]

Thanks for the advice.

 

Jan

 

let me know who you get on

 

x

[Janty]

Will do and if we are not too late back I will post pics.

[Ardene5]

Hi

Thank you for the photos they look gorgeous.

 

Well done in getting them & good luck.

 

Best regards

 

Ian & Valerie

[sandyhas3chucks]

OMG how sweet are they, wish I was nearer

[Paola]

Well done Emma Great pics, they are gorgeous

[foreveryoung]

they survived the night and are fine. they had a 40watt table lamp over night

[TAJ]

40w 'normal' light may be OK for an emergency measure, but is no substitute for a proper brooder heat lamp which either has no light or a dull red light. If using a 60w standard bulb I have heard the trick is to put it inside a pottery flower pot so the chicks cannot touch the actual bulb, but can snuggle up to the warm pottery - a terracotta mummy hen.

 

Do monitor temperatures 1 day old should be at 95f and then reduce by 5f per week - so at 4 weeks you need a temp of 75f, with sufficent space in the brooder that they can go under the heat or move away if they are too hot. The simple test if they are all huddled under the heat source with necks streching up they are too cold, if they spend lots of time in the corners of the brooder away from the heat you need to reduce the temperature (raise heat lamp).

 

These do not look like battery hens, they look like a load of lovely domestic breeds that were being shipped.

 

Tracy

[foreveryoung]

40w 'normal' light may be OK for an emergency measure, but is no substitute for a proper brooder heat lamp which either has no light or a dull red light. If using a 60w standard bulb I have heard the trick is to put it inside a pottery flower pot so the chicks cannot touch the actual bulb, but can snuggle up to the warm pottery - a terracotta mummy hen.

 

Do monitor temperatures 1 day old should be at 95f and then reduce by 5f per week - so at 4 weeks you need a temp of 75f, with sufficent space in the brooder that they can go under the heat or move away if they are too hot. The simple test if they are all huddled under the heat source with necks streching up they are too cold, if they spend lots of time in the corners of the brooder away from the heat you need to reduce the temperature (raise heat lamp).

 

These do not look like battery hens, they look like a load of lovely domestic breeds that were being shipped.

 

Tracy

 

no they dont look like battery hens do they.

 

The have room to get away from the light and they are not huddled under it either to get heat. Ive raised ducklings from 3 day old with a heat lamp but a friend used a table lamp the type you can bend in the direction you need it in, its pointing to a corner, I dont have room in their accomodation at this stage to put my heat lamp over the top as its an industral one. Im moving them into a bigger accomodation when I know where to put it.

I am a childminder with 6 kids, so I cant put it where I put the ducks.

 

They are doing fine, like I said not huddled no reaching for heat.

[TAJ]

 

The have room to get away from the light and they are not huddled under it either to get heat. Ive raised ducklings from 3 day old with a heat lamp but a friend used a table lamp the type you can bend in the direction you need it in, its pointing to a corner, I dont have room in their accomodation at this stage to put my heat lamp over the top as its an industral one. Im moving them into a bigger accomodation when I know where to put it.

I am a childminder with 6 kids, so I cant put it where I put the ducks.

 

They are doing fine, like I said not huddled no reaching for heat.

 

I think the issue is one of light as well as heat - they shouldn't spend 24hrs a day in bright light. DEFRA even require battery hens/broilers to have the lights off at least 30mins a day. The recommendation is they should have day & night, so a white bulb is not a good idea, hence the recommendation in my chick raising book that whilst 60w lights can be used they are best in a terracotta pot so the chicks can snuggle up for heat, but do not get the direct light 24hrs a day.

 

Tracy