cold chicks

We got chicks Wednesday of this week & we had a weekend cabin trip planned so my sister who's had chicks before took care of them for us over the wknd. She unfortunately had one die on Friday & I thought maybe it was stress from shipping then when we came to pick them up on Sunday I found...

Today my chicks are about a week old! I raised their heat lamp about 8 inches taking it from 90-95 degrees, to 80-85 degrees. The whole brooder is not in the 80’s, some spots are in the 70’s. Anyways.. my question is, are they too cold? I caught them all sleeping right under the heat lamp...

We live in upstate New York, and the chicks are getting overcrowded in the indoor brooder. It's time to get them into a larger setup outside. The difficulty is that next week it'll still get below freezing at night...in April :( Plan to partially cover the outdoor brooder with blankets and add...

I ordered 25 chicks from Murray. I ordered the full vaccine profile (Marek's and Coccidia) because I thought, why not? I received 25 live and healthy, but chilled, chicks. 2 days later, one previously healthy one started to fade. He had "pasty butt" and I thought, "Oh, no, coccidia!" I ran to...