I have 5 day old chicks and I was wondering when they can have bread? I also want to know when can they go without a heat light? I have them in my house and I have a wood stove in my living room and so the temp is kept around 84-86.
The cage is pretty big but it is about 85 in my house because we have a wood stove. I will try a 40 watts bulb and see what happens, thanks everyone for your input
I got 6 new aracauna's today and I think the watts of my bulb is too high because the chicks wont even go under the light. The feed store told me to get a 250 watt bulb and so I did. Can anyone tell me if they were correct?
Thank you everyone!! She is not running into anything yet but when you walk in front of her and put your hand in front of her she does not see it. She is finding food but she does not lay in her nester anymore, she can not walk down the steps from the coop anymore and so we have to put her in at...
Hi my name is Lori and I am new to this site. I started to raise chickens a year ago and have been adding to my flock. I have 8 chickens total, 4 rhode island reds, 1 blue laced whyandote, I barred rock and 2 cross between and bantum, silkie. We are getting 4 americana chicks on the 30th of this...