From the monthly archives:
This week we’ll be addressing the brooder box or brooding area.
Newly hatched chicks need an external source of heat because they are unable to maintain their own body temperature. This occurs naturally when a hen hatches her clutch; the chicks snuggle up with mother hen and stay warm.
When you are hatching chicks in an incubator, [...]
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“I would like no know how to stop your chickens from going broody? Thanks” ~ Dave Blair
Dave thanks for the question.
“Brood” seems to be the word this week; in our “Basics” series we’re discussing brooding boxes, the area in which you raise your newly hatched chicks. Now we’ll answer Dave’s question about broody hens.
First let’s [...]
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“If I let my chicken range freely, how far away will they wander? Can I get then to come when I call?” ~ Terrie Travers
Hi Terrie thanks for the question.
Chickens will indeed wander but not like a dog. Where you might find your dog on the other side of town, your chickens may wander only [...]
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This week we’ll prepare for your chicks to hatch.
If you have more than one setting in the incubator, meaning more than one batch of eggs at different stages in the incubation process, you’ll need to move the eggs on day 17 to another incubator to prepare for them to hatch.
If all your eggs have been [...]
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