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  1. krthaymp

    Does a brooder have to have red light

    I’m being told that a brooder has to have a red flood style heat bulb by someone but I don’t see anything to support that. They just need a heat source, right? Preferably a heat plate or heat emitter that doesn’t send out constant light? I thought that red light helps disguise injuries and thus...
  2. Debbie292d

    Light Question

    If there is power in there, you could get an LED light for it, or a battery LED light if no power. What does your brooder look like? Some LED strips could go in the lid on a timer or by light switch. Need a few more details for suggestions. We have many applications of lights here, such as...
  3. MROO

    URGENT - Emergency Hatching Station Needed!

    QUESTION: Has anyone had luck using a brooder plate for an improvised hatching station? Cleaning out the scatters of an abandoned broody nest, I found two dead pips. Started to open one ... and it gasped, bled and peeped! My N360 'bator's power cord suddenly decided to fail, so I now have a...
  4. 7

    Is it too early to put the chicks in there coop

    They sleep in the dark currently I was going to put my brooder box in the coop on its side so the could snuggle up in it together at night if needed
  5. N

    Anything to add to brooder?

    I pick up my chicks next Friday. 7 sexed females (I know mistakes can be made and there's a chance Betty could be a Bert so to speak) 3 buff orpingtons, 2 lavender orpingtons, and 2 speckled sussex. Testing out my brooder plate to make sure it works (I have a second plate as a back up that...
  6. Peppercorngal

    Heat lamps for newly hatched chicks - advice please!

    How many chicks are you going to have? You have to have a big enough brooder so the chicks can sit under the heat lamp if they want warmth but can move out of the light to cool off too. Is 90cm about 3 feet? (I'm in the US!) That is a little small for them to get out of the light. My newest...
  7. LaurelC

    Heat sources for larger brooder in unheated building

    We will be brooding ~45 chicks in a 3x8 galvanized tub (I have a second one I can employ if these get too crowded in the single and need an additional space before their mobile coop is completed). Last year we brooded ~52 chicks in another mobile coop inside our unheated shop building using two...
  8. EmmaDonovan

    Do new chicks need a light at night in the brooder?

    Do one-day-old and two-day-old chicks need light at night so they can find their way to food and water and back to the brooder plate? It's an outdoor brooder so we don't have any artificial lighting in it.
  9. KF0002

    The Moonshiner's Leghorns

    I look forward to hatching in the fall. It will be cool enough to actually be able to stand being in the brooder building without having a heat stroke then. As long as the fall hatch chicks are pretty well feathered by January they should be good to go over the coldest parts of winter.
  10. SnackMeat

    pet heating pad vs heat lamp

    True. They are popular because they work for sure. But you also have to fiddle with them and when things go wrong they go *really wrong.* I am also partial to having a heating element that does not require light to be on. I have noticed the chicks seem to get more rest and are quieter when...
  11. LaurenRitz

    Landrace/adaptive breeding discussion

    In the brooder, no. In the coop, yes. I have several plexi pannels that bring light into the coop, and I noticed holes in one. I need to correct that today. I wouldn't have even noticed, but they were large enough for the chicks to get out into the run and Mom couldn't get to them. The brooder...
  12. The Moonshiner

    The Moonshiner's Leghorns

    Ya, good thing I got that electricity ran to the chick house for lights. Got it done just in time to coincide with my bad hatches and it being hot enough that I don't really need lights. Oh well, maybe that will be the excuse I need to hatch into the fall.
  13. rosemarythyme

    Feeding at night

    My chicks only get natural daylight so even though I leave food in with them up to around 4 weeks they only eat during daylight hours. No need to put in artificial light if the brooder plate is doing the job in providing them with enough heat.
  14. AshVau22

    Help! My baby quail keep dying!

    Do you have pictures of your brooder set up? If it's glass I'm going to say they are probably over heating depending on the type of heat light. And being in the middle they probably have no way to get cool. And as everyone else has stated quail need a good quality protein crumble. I get my quail...
  15. The Moonshiner

    The Moonshiner's Leghorns

    Ya I'm good with bulbs and have always used them. Just thinking I could maybe give one a chance for the experience sake. I would only use it in my bedroom brooder so chicks from hatch to 7 days old. I would think I'd not have to adjust the height. They'd have light from the light coming in the...
  16. NBaid

    Do the newly hatched chicks need light all the time?

    Im still new to this so idk, basically i have a light that gives heat to the newly hatched chicks in the brooder but idk if i need to turn it off or not so they can sleep but if i turn it off they dont got any heat source cuz its pretty cold here atm
  17. V

    Pasty Bum

    The black wire hanging down is temp probe. It is at chick head height....They mostly hanging out under heat light rather than brooder....Anyway, two heat plates too, hopefully the answer. Really am soo grateful for your help!
  18. Squawkers

    Are poopie feet normal?

    It sounds like you might need to clean more often. No, chickens do not clean their feet. They might pull off large chunks but that’s it.
  19. H

    Week old chicks are huddled, cold or still adjusting to new brooder?

    I brought home 6 chicks that I believe are a little less than a week old about 3 hours ago. I have the heat plate cranked, it says it's at 130 degrees but the thermometer is have under it says 89.9 degrees. The chicks have now been huddled under it for 3 hours with no desire to come out. I did...
  20. Ilovemychicks08

    Does a brooder have to have red light

    No a red light isnt needed and ive never actually used one in my time chicken keeping. I use a regular light bulb in my heat lamp holder just as they cant knock it out. Then use a Rent a Coop brooder plate. But there are many that work the same.
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