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Releasing poults

  • 27-04-2011 10:41pm
    #1
    Alchemist2
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    At what age should poults be released without the use of a release pen?? Would 14/15 weeks be too young?


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  • #2
    terminator2
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    poults should be released after the harvest 12 weeks minimum imo


  • #3
    Birdnuts
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    terminator2 wrote: »
    poults should be released after the harvest 12 weeks minimum imo

    Yep, the later the better:)


  • #4
    td5
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    Not a good idea to hold them in release pen too long. We get ours at 6 weeks try to have them semi independent by 12/14 weeks. Less chance of running into desease problems os feather pecking.


  • #5
    terminator2
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    bang on td5 the sooner the better makes for a hardier bird


  • #6
    homerhop
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    Our chicks were 6weeks old when we used to get them and we never covered our pens but had plenty of shoots around the bottoms for the birds to get back in. You would always get a few walking around the bottom in the evening looking to get back in untill they figured out how to use the shoots. We never had big losses and as soon as they started getting a bit independant we moved some of the hoppers outside the pen.


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