Comments on: Hello world! http://grannieannie.allotment.org.uk/4/hello-world/ Keeping Hens in Lincolnshire - Hens and POL Pullets For Sale Sat, 22 Oct 2011 21:34:48 +0000 hourly 1 By: grannieannie http://grannieannie.allotment.org.uk/4/hello-world/#comment-3 grannieannie Sat, 22 Sep 2007 20:53:26 +0000 http://grannieannie.allotment.org.uk/4/hello-world/#comment-3 Thank you for your comments Jac. It's not hard work keeping chickens, but this is the first time we have had day old chicks, and it is a responsibility! Much more so than keeping adult birds. I tend to go out and look at them at least 6 or 7 times a day. They get fed and fresh water put in the brooders at 7.30am, lunchtime and again at 7.30pm. I have a rearing record on which I must put the times of feeding and watering, I record the temperatures in the brooders and the relative humidity. I have to record when a chick dies and what they weigh at the end of each week and compare it with the recommended weight! A couple are a bit small, but most of them are over the weights on the sheet! I've never seen such small things eat so much!!! Big commercial hatcheries don't have the time or the inclination to worry about what to do with 200 chicks, they have to concentrate on the next batch of hatchlings!! I hope you'll keep reading!!! Thank you for your comments Jac. It's not hard work keeping chickens, but this is the first time we have had day old chicks, and it is a responsibility! Much more so than keeping adult birds. I tend to go out and look at them at least 6 or 7 times a day.

They get fed and fresh water put in the brooders at 7.30am, lunchtime and again at 7.30pm. I have a rearing record on which I must put the times of feeding and watering, I record the temperatures in the brooders and the relative humidity. I have to record when a chick dies and what they weigh at the end of each week and compare it with the recommended weight!

A couple are a bit small, but most of them are over the weights on the sheet! I've never seen such small things eat so much!!!

Big commercial hatcheries don't have the time or the inclination to worry about what to do with 200 chicks, they have to concentrate on the next batch of hatchlings!!

I hope you'll keep reading!!!

]]> By: Jac http://grannieannie.allotment.org.uk/4/hello-world/#comment-2 Jac Wed, 19 Sep 2007 11:27:54 +0000 http://grannieannie.allotment.org.uk/4/hello-world/#comment-2 Wow, grannie! I plan to keep a few chooks , hopefully sometime next year. I was thinking 3 to start with, but after reading about your hundreds, I feel I can try 10 - 20, lol! You make it sound so easy! I felt sad about the fact they gassed 200 chicks. That is sad - can't they give them away on freecycle or something? I suppose if they're lacking in space, then...... Off to read some more! Wow, grannie!

I plan to keep a few chooks , hopefully sometime next year. I was thinking 3 to start with, but after reading about your hundreds, I feel I can try 10 – 20, lol! You make it sound so easy!

I felt sad about the fact they gassed 200 chicks. That is sad – can't they give them away on freecycle or something? I suppose if they're lacking in space, then……

Off to read some more!

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