Post by patricimo54 on Apr 21, 2009 22:40:29 GMT -5
I first thought of posting this thread on livestock and poultry but I thought it better suited here in frugal living, here we go.
This is my first time to raise chickens from chicks. I worked one summer on a egg farm as a kid, but that was well over 35 years ago. My Bride had chickens in a previous life but it is my understanding she started out with young birds not chicks. We are enjoying these little darling in our sun room under the brooder bulb. We are monitoring the heat with a thermometer, following the prescribed instructions, trying to provide the closes thing to chick nirvana that we can, and then the thought hits me, 'there has to be a more efficient way.'
How did they raise chicks a hundred years ago without electricity.
Was there higher losses with the chicks and only the strong survived, or is there forgotten skills that need to be revisited?
This is a new beginning for me and I don't want to simply fall into the "status quo"
Here is a thought, how do the Amish raise their chicks? All input is desired and welcomed. Thanks in advance.
This is my first time to raise chickens from chicks. I worked one summer on a egg farm as a kid, but that was well over 35 years ago. My Bride had chickens in a previous life but it is my understanding she started out with young birds not chicks. We are enjoying these little darling in our sun room under the brooder bulb. We are monitoring the heat with a thermometer, following the prescribed instructions, trying to provide the closes thing to chick nirvana that we can, and then the thought hits me, 'there has to be a more efficient way.'
How did they raise chicks a hundred years ago without electricity.
Was there higher losses with the chicks and only the strong survived, or is there forgotten skills that need to be revisited?
This is a new beginning for me and I don't want to simply fall into the "status quo"
Here is a thought, how do the Amish raise their chicks? All input is desired and welcomed. Thanks in advance.
I have the same question about a lot of things like this. It seems our society has done a great job of complicating everything and making it expensive. Give it a hundred more years and nobody will know how to be self sufficient anymore 
