Using a heat lamp would not be a good thing to do, it would be a fire hazard. You could use a old or new cooler with a low wattage bulb, 45 or 60w. I would use a wafer thermostat, Wal Mart sales a temp gauge for about 6 -7 dollars, I think the name is temp rite. A bowl with a plastic lid you can...
I was given a Rhode Island Red Rooster by a man at the Goat and Chicken Sale. I took him home and put him with my girls, he was fine for about a week. I went out to feed the chickens, next thing I knew I was on the ground, spilling the feed. He came at me again, I hit him with a 1x4 and he was...
My name is Mike and myself and my wife are raising Buffs, she is a newbie to chickens but loves it. I had chickens before, and I am glad to be back into them. Small flock right now 4 hens , 1 rooster, 2 chicks about 3 months old, hatched in incubator, had 4 to start with but a snake got 2 before...
