Monday, February 1, 2010

Re: [CHICKENS-101] Re: what about brooders - A.k.A. (grow pen)

 

If you have the funds to invest in top of the line equipment, then go for it.  I'm raising chickens for the fun of having chickens so my priorities are completely different.  I make do with the least expensive way I can accomplish my goals.  I've said if we never buy another egg the rest of our lives we will not save as much as the chicken house cost to put up.  Cleaning up baby chicken poo is NOT a fun task so eliminating that work for 50 chicks seems like a great way to go. 

If you are raising the chicks for your own meat and eggs, figure the savings you will have over buying meat at the grocery X the number of years you expect to get good use from the big brooder.  Will you have to use chicken feed exclusively, or will they free range and eat what they find for the most part?  Chickens go through an amazing amount of feed.

Georgia

--- On Mon, 2/1/10, Tomas <gntcmint@yahoo.com> wrote:

From: Tomas <gntcmint@yahoo.com>
Subject: [CHICKENS-101] Re: what about brooders - A.k.A. (grow pen)
To: CHICKENS-101@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, February 1, 2010, 2:23 PM

I will probly rais 50 or so some meat birds and some egg layers my best friend has a really fancy brooder the birds go in it as soon as they  get home from the store or in the mail. then they are in there for 4 or 5 weeks. it has air filters and a fan and three levels he love it because there is no beding to change and there is no draft on the birds. and then it is all inclosed so it takes less than 325 wats to run the whole thing. it is run buy a thrmastat so it is not a constant draw. but it cost around $900.00 and it does 50-60 birds.
i dont know if it is nessary.





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