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  1. Huntmaster

    I hatched this chick without an incubator and this is what it looks like.

    I would set up a brooder box with heat and stop trying to heat the whole room. A light bulb can be enough heat around 95 degrees in a small enough area for your duckling as it will need to escape that heat after its dry and on its feet. What do you have ready for feed for your duckling? I would...
  2. M

    Brooder set up suggestions

    We plan on getting 20 (buckeye!) day old chicks mailed to us shortly. I have been trying to figure out what the best option is for a brooder. I found an galvanized garden bed 8x4x2 with a cover on Amazon (https://a.co/d/e9kjizP) but I'm worried that will be too small for 20 chicks when they are...
  3. W

    Soon to be the crazy bird lady...well on my way! Hello from my new farm in the Wyoming desert!

    Hi im new...it says we can introduce ourselves...although i am scared lol. I recently aquired 5 acres in the frigid windy as heck Wyoming desert. I am turning an old shop into a small chicken farm...i am currently incubating21 eggs. I have never incubated before. I am considering using heated...
  4. BigBlueHen53

    Help with designing a walk in coop/shed

    Lol, you are benefitting from the myriad mistakes I made in ignorance in having my coop built! Oh and foundation? I had my coop set on bare ground here in SE MO which gets LOTS of rain and moisture, bad plan, very bad plan. I am originally from NW NM where the ground is dry and stays put like...
  5. T

    All chicks with impacted crop?

    We removed the food at night and in the morning they were much smaller! Pine shaving bedding, the same we use for the girls outside They don't have grit, I was under the understanding that when they are getting just starter and nothing else they don't need grit. Is that incorrect?
  6. wrathsfarm

    Wrath's Marans

    I built a room without a view. The 7 boys spent their first night in it last night. Lots to do yet like build poop boards and add a window and pop door. Needs lights and a few more tweaks here and there, but it frees up much more space in Kongs coop. This will double as the new brooder room or...
  7. EmmaDonovan

    Which model camera do you use for your brooder?

    I need to monitor a brooder from about 25' away. I'm looking for: continuous live stream in color that I can watch on my computer monitor (not phone) sound overnight recording local storage (not cloud) weatherproof color night vision no glow (no red light indicating it's operating) no...
  8. Ridgerunner

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

    No. If it is dark they aren't going anywhere. Chicks stay under broody hens all night and a hen does not have any artificial light. They do not go looking for food and water at night. If you supply light they will but they will be fine without light. I always put my chicks in the brooder...
  9. DonyaQuick

    Designing and 3D printing feeders & accessories

    Couple updates on the chick waterer stands... The plain 2-piece version works great, but what works better when I need to raise the height again is actually just a slightly taller version of the same 2-piece design for deep shavings. I was initially worried that chicks would somehow push...
  10. Logar

    Anything to add to brooder?

    that looks good! this is a personal preference but shavings were much much better for me. I only had paper towels for a few hours and they ripped them up, they got wet/damp and the chicks had poop stuck to their feet. the chicks also enjoyed scratching around in the shavings. the only difference...
  11. Nomadicus

    Granny's gone and done it again

    No heat needed in our outdoor brooder now.
  12. A

    Brooder light

    hello , I have a SunGlo uvb light 70wt that I used to use for my turtle. Wondering if I can use this bulb for the brooder (3 silkie chicks from the incubator) is it an appropriate bulb or do I need to get a red light or warm Light cheap bulb? Will the UVB and brightness affect the chicks...
  13. E

    Fussy girls

    If my neighbors were unaware that I have chicks, they know now. The girls are 4 weeks old and we just put them into their new run. It's 19x10x6.5. They went out around noon and just had a blast. Zooming, scratching, and eating like the gluttons that they are. I set their brooder plate in a...
  14. Huntmaster

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

    As long as they are all tucked in first few nights knowing where their heat is they should be fine. But this isn't only for first night if they were under heat lamps to begin with, they may need some tucking in to get to know where their heat plate is at first also. GOOD LUCK.
  15. WallyG74

    The Moonshiner's Chick Chat

    I moved my brats to the outside brooder today. I’ll spare you the creepy red light pic. I need to pick my keepers soon so I can advertise the rest of them.
  16. rosemarythyme

    Brooding with Heat Plate Questions

    Chicks with only a heat plate and no light will stay under it during the duration of night, just as they would with a mother hen. I brood with a true day/night cycle. The chicks do not have to be taught to seek out the heat source, their instinct tells them to do so as the daylight naturally...
  17. redinator

    You CAN Raise Chicks Outside in Cold Weather

    I think it has to do with the 'commercial requirements' for chicks that never see the light of day. I came across the this when I first started raising chicks Baby chicks need a specific temperature range in their brooder for proper development. For the first week, the temperature should be...
  18. Down Under

    Incubator babies now what?

    Hi Dans Magoo, Yes stop egg rotation and increase your humidity from day 18. They should pip around day 21 give or take, then hatch 12 to 18 hours after pipping give or take, after they hatch they will sleep a lot. Once they fluff up transfer them to your brooder, when putting them in the...
  19. L

    A couple of my duck eggs have hatched

    Some people leave theirs in for a day or two but I always removed mine right away and let them dry under the light in my brooder. I did not like mine knocking the other eggs around.
  20. orgainsect

    How can chicks be raised to be healthier?

    Your approach also sounds great. The method I mentioned is mainly applicable to beginners who don't know how to operate or those who want to raise chicks systematically. Of course, there must be better ways. This is just my personal experience. Thank you for your reply. We can all exchange more...
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