Market Farming

["Michaele Blakely" <mjb AT premier1.net>]

 

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From: Jeffery Blake

To: Market Farming

Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2001 10:05 AM

Subject: [market-farming] Re: losing chickens, feeding too much?

 

Just want to add that unless you have a commercial brooder, shutting off the lights could be rather harsh on young chicks, better to remove the feed.  I just went through this with a friend.  He wanted to turn off the lights rather than remove the feed.  I kept insisting week old chicks (where he is) would suffer.  We finally ascertained he wouldn't lose heat as his brooder was a propane unit, whereas mine is a hokey couple of lamp lights.

 

Michaele

Growing Things

Carnation Wa

 

It's really not that hard to either shut of the lights at night.  Not hard to feed as much feed as they will eat in 12 hours either