It was too shitty out today for me to get the pictures of my whole setup. I promise I'll have a good explanation of what I'm doing on here soon. Everything I use is homemade.
My incubator will hold over 100 eggs, but I usually hatch 30-50 every other Sunday in the warm months. They stay in there for 48 hours. Any more than 50 is only when someone wants to buy chicks.
Brooder #1 is about 3 square ft. Chicks are there for 10 days, at which point they can sort of fly.
Brooder #2 is the same size but has a lid.
The bachelor pad is 4'x2'.
The jr hen pad is the same size.
The breeder hutch is 3'x8'. Any deeper and I can't reach all the way in to grab eggs. I guess I could get the stick a craps dealer uses to wrangle out eggs?
I have another 3'x2' if there's any overflow.
This allows me to hatch on 2 week intervals and house everyone until I butcher at ~8 weeks.
Thanks for the explanation. Maybe you can make a post and collate all this info since you've written so much already? I think the community will find it interesting and useful. Thank you once again!
In the works!
Awesome!
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