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  1. R

    Feeding at night

    Hello! My chicks are 3 weeks old, outside in their own coop and run. They are loving it!!! They have a brooder plate; I have been leaving the heat lamp on for light. It’s getting warmer here and I’d like to shift away from the heat lamp, however I’m worried they won’t be able to see their food...
  2. thecatumbrella

    What's a modest home upgrade with a high return on quality of life?

    That's a good one! We use smart bulbs in the brooder area with a nighttime schedule for "sunset". There's a severe lack of natural light in this house, so smart bulbs help bridge the gap.
  3. Hippiefrog

    Need help asap please....mites on pipped eggs in incubator!

    I had to take the last 3 eggs from our broodys. Both had managed to crush every single chick that hatched. The last 3 eggs were cold when I found them so I rushed inside, candled them(all moving, two chirping) then placed them in my incubator. Not long after, one pipped and upon inspection, I...
  4. BigBlueHen53

    Pasty Bum

    Sounds good. This has been fun. I think you'll be fine now. Stay in touch! It's bedtime for me now over here in the US. You must be somewhere in the UK?
  5. Chookwagn

    The Moonshiner's Leghorns

    I reckon a light is better for the first 10 days. I have 3 heat plates, I find they are better for when the chick is older and the more chicks you have in there at a time the less the need for accurate adjustment in height as they keep each other warm
  6. V

    Pasty Bum

    Yep they all fit under brood plate - But I have ordered another one arriving tomo. (thank goodness for Amazon ;-) The brood plate is working as you suggest, I was worried the temp around the brood heater wasnt warm enough. It prob gets to 12/15C in the house at night, we live in older home...
  7. Eggcessive

    What is wrong with my chick's wings?

    They may be drooping due to weakness or shipping stress, or possibly injured. I would get some Poultry NutriDrench or electrolytes and begin dipping the chick’s beak into them as often as possible until well hydrated. Feed some wet chick crumbles or egg. Check for a pasted poopy butt that may...
  8. casportpony

    URGENT - Emergency Hatching Station Needed!

    Check out this thread: Homemade Hatcher Experiment
  9. thecatumbrella

    Chick 'bedtime' has become distressing

    Mine puddle together at night for quite a while. They're now 14 weeks-old and just starting to get the hang of spreading out on a roost. But I had to bring them inside last night to escape the heat, and they puddled again in their old brooder over using the roost bars! If this is happening...
  10. BirdsBeesTrees

    My Peachick eggs Hatched!

    Peachicks would be fine with their momma. They wouldn't need a box or a heat lamp with her. The only time I lost peachicks with their momma is when they drown in the kiddie pool.
  11. BigBlueHen53

    Granny's gone and done it again

    I'm back, our lasagna is ready to go in the oven but we fon't need to put it in fof another 15 minutes. Ohhh. Chickens! :barnie It suddenly started to rain, to downpour actually, and we realized we had not completely closed up the baby chicks. We had herded them all back into the brooder after...
  12. DonyaQuick

    What can I do with a chick that imprinted on me?

    If there is an area of the brooder that the imprinted chick goes to every time when it's lonely after you leave the room, try to make that the warm area, since they will readily leave a warm area to try to follow "mom" and then stay stuck at the side panicking. Or if using a heat plate, put a...
  13. RubelliteRose

    Raising Baby Chicks: What’s Your Go-To Method?

    Have done both, but will say broody only because we brood in the house and it is SO dusty TS fine shavings We have used a heat lamp, a Producer's Pride heating plate, and a MHP made with a Sunbeam heating pad when brooding in the house. The nighttime light from the heat lamp kept the chicks...
  14. nuthatched

    Corid vs Ericlor 10

    Dose with corid immediately, it won't hurt them if they don't need it.
  15. NatJ

    Where should I put my brooder?

    Do you already have a coop built? If yes, try brooding the chicks there. If the closet is inside your house, not there. If the closet is in the garage, probably still not there, because chicks need good air circulation. Chicks will make large amounts of dust. Think about where you want that...
  16. Saraschickens

    Moving chicks outside (low temp)

    Hi, so I have 26 chicks. They range from 4 weeks to 5 and a half weeks old now. They are too big for their brooder. I've been taking them outside into a Tractor Supply cage (3'x5') every day for 2 weeks as of today. They have a brooder plate and a 100 watt heat lamp side by side in there. I take...
  17. Eggcessive

    Best Chick Feed

    I have only seen pasty butt where poop gets stuck on the chicks’ vent opening, for the first week or so in shipped chicks. It may need to be cleaned of every day with warm water and tissue. It can be made worse if they are too hot. How hot is your brooder temp with a thermometer under the...
  18. K0k0shka

    Do the newly hatched chicks need light all the time?

    This is why brooder plates are so much better than lamps. Chicks need a normal day-night cycle where it's light during the day, and dark at night. But they have to put up with constant light, because the heat lamps provide both heat and light at the same time and you can't decouple the two at...
  19. Nabiki

    When to start a daytime nighttime schedule

    I keep mine on a normal day/night cycle from the beginning by using ceramic reptile heat emitters instead of a light bulb for heat. How old are they? If they are 5 days old, they still need heat, but they should be able to handle room temperatures by 2-3 weeks (depending on how feathered they...
  20. BY Bob

    Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

    :goodpost: do not pass up the chance to do this!
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