Recent content by JudithsChickens

Hi all, I've got a 12 week old black ameraucana (blue eggs) that got off to a rough start. I didn't think she was going to pull through after the first few days of getting her batch of day-olds in the mail. Somehow she did, and she has managed to keep hanging in there, despite what is now...

Update for everyone who might come back here! Chicks are here safe and sound. All eight made it fine. I wound up getting one of those vertical hot plates for brooding after my heating pad cave didn't go over well with them. It was a cheap heating pad that didn't seem to be warm enough when...

Awesome. I really appreciate the info and am definitely going to go the heating pad route after hearing from so many of you and reading up on the impact of the light on the chicks. Lamps only as backup in case the heating pad dies or something goes wrong. And maybe to keep myself warm when...

Also, they're so cute! I'm so excited to get to raise them up into hens. Thanks for the pics. Those helped a lot.

During the summer I was planning to keep it under an awning we have in my backyard so it'll be in the shade. Would adding in a fan or something maybe help for the nights where it's real hot?

Oh that I can totally do. Awesome. I wasn't sure that gerryrigging something like that would be okay. I'll set it up soon to be sure the heating pad temp isn't too crazy and that it holds. Awesome.

Oh awesome I actually read that article yesterday about the heating pad cave. I was going to try that too, but the same idea applies. How do I know if its hot enough? A thermometer left in the blanket cave should just reach 95 degrees after sitting for a while?

Hi all, I am super new to this, but have been considering getting chickens for some time now. Now that I own a home in an area that allows chickens, I'm excited to start! I'm in Colorado, which can get both super hot and cold, and I'm starting this at a weird time of year, but I hope it all...