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<\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\nThe tail feathers of the layer chicks are starting to come in, as well as more defined wing feathers. But that’s if you look carefully. Otherwise they look pretty much like they did week 1. They are enjoying the slightly warmer weather – they are no longer staying under their heat lamps all the time. As you can see from the look in their brooder box. As they are into week 3 of age I raised the lights up a bit. Not a great deal and their heating mat is still on. Our nights are still chilly. No need to stress the chicks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meat chicks, two weeks old:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\nThe meat chicks have more feathers as well. But sadly no longer even remotely cute. They do spend a great deal more time in their brooder box. I raised their lights as well but with their larger size they are closer to the lights still. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The black chicks are little active busybodies and spend most of their time running around. The meat chicks are lazy. Their idea of time well spent? Sunbathing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n They move over the course of the day to make sure they stay in the warm sunlight. Which is why we make sure the lights in the brooder boxes work even if it’s warm during the day. As night falls they look for the warm light and end up in the brooder boxes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n I forgot to ask for help in getting a picture of both chicks together, so here’s my attempt and getting one by myself: <\/p>\n\n\n\n From that angle they don’t look too different in size – but from the top you can see how much larger the meat chicks are: <\/p>\n\n\n\n There’s a reason why we buy meat chicks to raise for eating. <\/p>\n\n\n\n WEEK 3:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Commercial layer chicks: <\/p>\n\n\n\n They are now far, far too active to photograph well. They are very skittish of any motion. So it’s catch as catch can with pictures. They have a lot more feathers but still none on their heads and their tail feathers are still stubby. I find them still cute. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Meat chicks, week 3: <\/p>\n\n\n\n They are no longer even remotely cute. We changed feeders to the tower type and have two in there. They were laying in their feed dishes last week. They dirt bathe. They eat. They make a mess. And that’s about it. They don’t care if someone walks in unless food is added to the feeders. Or if they are out of water. <\/p>\n\n\n\n For both sets of chicks the brooders are still with lights and at the same level. We are having wildly swinging spring temperatures and it’s best to just make sure they can get warm if need be. Both spaces are large enough they can cool off if they want. The black chicks are actually more work at this stage – they like to scratch up everything so they bury their waterers and feeders. The white chicks are now lazy enough they don’t make effort to scratch the ground unless they want a dust bath. I’ll try for another comparison shot next week so y’all can see the now very different growth rates. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Tres semanas y todo va bastante bien con los pollitos. Es maravilloso, como el grupo \u00faltimo de pollitos del a\u00f1o pasado fue un desastre. Tuvimos m\u00e1s cortes de luz, la semana anterior y esta semana pasada. Pero no perdimos m\u00e1s pollitos negros. Perdimos dos m\u00e1s de las dobles pechugas. Entonces, es un total de -1 ponedoras comerciales y -4 doble pechuga.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Como no recibieron noticias de los pollitos la semana pasada, hoy les cuento dos semanas juntas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n SEMANA 2:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pollitos ponedoras comerciales, dos semanas de edad:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Las plumas de las colas de los pollitos est\u00e1n llegando, tambi\u00e9n las plumas de las alas. Pero solamente si mira muy cuidadosamente. Si no, se parece que no hay mucho cambio de la semana pasada. Ellas les gusta mucho el tiempo m\u00e1s lindo – no quedan siempre en la caja de criadora. Como est\u00e1n casi tres semanas de edad yo levante las l\u00e1mparas un poco. No mucho y todav\u00eda tengan la cama caliente. Las noches tiene temperaturas bajas y no es necesario estresar los pollitos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Doble pechuga, dos semanas de edad:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Las dobles pechugas tienen m\u00e1s plumas tambi\u00e9n. Pero, lamentablemente, no son cari\u00f1osos m\u00e1s. Pasan mucho m\u00e1s tiempo en la caja de criadora abajo de las l\u00e1mparas. Yo levant\u00e9 las l\u00e1mparas de ellos tambi\u00e9n, pero con un tama\u00f1o m\u00e1s grande que las negritas, todav\u00eda quedan m\u00e1s cerca a las l\u00e1mparas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Los pollitos negros son muy activos y pasan casi todo el d\u00eda corriendo alrededor de su espacio. Las dobles pechugas son perezosas. Pasan todo el d\u00eda sentado en el sol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mudan durante el d\u00eda para estar siempre en el sol. Por eso mantenemos las l\u00e1mparas en la caja de criadora, no importa la temperatura del d\u00eda. Cuando llega la noche, ellos buscan la luz para calentarse y vuelvan a la caja de criadora. Si no, enfr\u00edan durante la noche y mueran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Se me olvido pedir ayuda para sacar una foto de los dos pollitos juntos. Ac\u00e1 es lo que pude sacar sola:<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lapiccolinauy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/web_dp-2wk3.jpg?ssl=1\")
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