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I have read a lot of great information but have a couple questions. We live in Northeast LA so temperatures are getting warm, coop isn't finished but I have found some local chicks that we are ready to get so I will set up a brooder. 4-5 RIR pullets to start a couple of questions I think I have the rest under control.
1. Heating plate or heat lamp?
2. What specific feeders and water trays do you put in a brooder?
3. Can the brooder be put in the garage?
 
swanny297 said:
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I have read a lot of great information but have a couple questions. We live in Northeast LA so temperatures are getting warm, coop isn't finished but I have found some local chicks that we are ready to get so I will set up a brooder. 4-5 RIR pullets to start a couple of questions I think I have the rest under control.
1. Heating plate or heat lamp?
2. What specific feeders and water trays do you put in a brooder?
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3. Can the brooder be put in the garage?
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Sure, you just want to make sure you have temperature zones set up in the brooder so the chicks can be comfortable. It your chicks are all huddled in a pile under a heat lamp, it needs to be a little lower. If they are all in corners as far as possible from the heat, it is too warm. Chicks are VERY dusty, and a garage is really better, otherwise you will have dust all over your house.
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Another method of watering which I have been using this first week with no problems, is a hamster water bottle (the kind with a little ball in the tip). I have six chicks and they all took to it within a few hours (except for my stubborn one who got it within the first day though). The benefits of it are that the water stays clean and doesn't get pooped in ( a huge deal for me because I am at work most of the day and can't change it every couple hours) and the water doesn't get spilled all over the bedding making a soggy mess for disease to thrive in. I decided to use it also for the reason that later on I will be providing a bucket with chicken nipples on it in their run and I think it may make for an easier transition from the hamster bottle since they will already know how to peck on the shiny thing for water.
 
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I have read a lot of great information but have a couple questions. We live in Northeast LA so temperatures are getting warm, coop isn't finished but I have found some local chicks that we are ready to get so I will set up a brooder. 4-5 RIR pullets to start a couple of questions I think I have the rest under control.
1. Heating plate or heat lamp?
Heating lamp.
2. What specific feeders and water trays do you put in a brooder?
I use trough style and hopper styles. Waterers?: Lid-type screw on style.
3. Can the brooder be put in the garage?
Yes, i always put my brooder in my garage.
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