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    The Old Folks Home

    We have a thermometer to check the brooder temp and it has been between 80-90. The brooder is in the garage so during the day the ambient temp gets close to 90 therefore with the heat lamp on it gets quite hot. We lost two very small chicks so I was thinking they got too hot. They would not move...
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    The Old Folks Home

    Thank you very much. I will read it right now.
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    The Old Folks Home

    I turned the heat lamp off and now they are huddled together In the same corner they seem to like.
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    The Old Folks Home

    Yes I was in the new members thread. The room is about 75-80. We are in california. The brooder has a solid top with wire around it.
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    The Old Folks Home

    I don't see any poop and they are kind of huddled in the corner where the brooder is at about 82 degrees. They don't stay under the lamp but see to move more when it is off. Is it bad to turn it off during the day and on at night?
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    Baby Chicks Are Sick

    The garage is somewhere between 75-80 and the brooder has a solid top with wire sides. Do they even need a heat lamp now. We are in california.
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    The Old Folks Home

    They are eating medicated chick food and getting well water because we live in the country. They are in a brooder my son in law made which is in the garage. We feed and water them twice a day and clean the brooder frequently. We lost two and now one of the largest and healthiest ones is sick.
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    Baby Chicks Are Sick

    I am wondering since it is about 85-90 outside here in california if I can't just turn of the heat lamp completely. Would they get to cold then? So worried about them.
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    Baby Chicks Are Sick

    The room is at about 75 and the brooder has a solid top but is wire all around it. Do they need more air circulation?
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    The Old Folks Home

    Hi everyone it is nice to see people here of my age. I am a grandma and baby sitting my daughter's chicks while she is away. Never thought I would be grandma to 18 chicks. Love doing it but have Lost two and another sick. Now I am worried sick.
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    Baby Chicks Are Sick

    I just turned it off and now they are running around out of the corner except the lethargic one.
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    Baby Chicks Are Sick

    Thank you so much for replying. They have a heat lamp which is at 95 right below it and at 80 to 85 on the outer edges of the brooder which is 4 x 6 feet. I have been watching them closely and they seem to stay where it is about 80 degrees. Is that right for their age?
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    Baby Chicks Are Sick

    Hi everyone, I am a worried grandma. My daughter is out of town and I am in charge of her new 3 week old chicks which she purchased to start her chick farm. We lost two small ones a couple days ago. Now one of the biggest strongest ones is sick too. The symptoms are (including the two we lost)...
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