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  1. 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...
  2. KF0002

    The Moonshiner's Leghorns

    Meanwhile, I am trying to conjure up the best way to run lights to at least 4 pens without burning the house down or kicking the breaker. 🤔🧐 Solar power? ☀️ There are two outlets on the outside of my house, one on the front that shares the same breaker thingy (whatcha-ma-call-it) as my...
  3. BY Bob

    Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

    :goodpost: do not pass up the chance to do this!
  4. McChooky

    Frustrated about the availability of chicks

    Things You'll Need or Wish You Had: A brooder with light,heater and feeders,waterers and temp gauges A chick 'playpen' to let the babies out during the day to get sunshine A coop and run with roosts,nest boxes,feeders,waterers and grit A coop and run for the broody with chicks with feeders...
  5. Debbie292d

    Hello All

    Our brooders have black ceramic lamps with thermostats in them and a separate lamp for light. That way they're in the dark at night. It's a bit fancier than needed for just one time doing it, but that's why we have these like this as they are both non-stop filled with chicks from spring to...
  6. O

    New Boy , TN highland rim @ Land between the lakes

    YOU ALL VERY NICE . day 10 of incubate , i want to candle them however , i fear to handle them ,, i have an auxiliary digital sensor offered by the vendor {GOF] down on the rack , the temps and humidity runs a bit lower on that sensor , smells and looks good to me . my brooding...
  7. A

    Coop location /space

    I am new to this myself and after more YouTube than I care to admit on the premades I would don't buy it. I think I read it here that most of these prefab fit maybe half the number advertised at comfortably. I will admit my own fault was buying a smaller prefab before I got my chicks which I got...
  8. L

    Help with designing a walk in coop/shed

    I have put together a few coops this year- I would def add more windows and natural light to mine - I also would really enjoy the ease of an occasional light when needed - I have added some solar lighting to the coops with no elecrticity - I dont like it as well as I do the electrical ones but...
  9. FluffAndFeather

    Where should I put my brooder?

    Ok! This was very helpful, thank you! No I don’t have a coop I’m getting my first chicks and we are starting with 3 because of our small property. Again thanks :)
  10. ChicoryBlue

    Foam insulation board hover brooder

    Not exactly, but I've observed that any foam insulation is hugely attractive to chickens and chicks to peck. So it should be completely covered in some way, like with packing tape, or cardboard (they can't peck cardboard that well and tear it apart when they're small chicks, but loose edges they...
  11. KF0002

    The Moonshiner's Leghorns

    We have one, but Im not crazy about it. I have stopped using it for newborns because I ended up having to use a heat lamp anyway to keep them from getting chilled. You have to use a light anyway so they can see, so we figured might as well use the heat lamp.
  12. Chad Oftedal

    What else should I put in my coop?

    Nice job on the coop! The two biggest things that I did on mine and have never regreted: 1) putting in a poop board that I cover with PDZ and scoop each morning, and 2) framing in the area under the poop board and down to the floor as a brooder/integration pen with doors, etc. I have lights...
  13. FlufferChick

    I need to vent

    How exciting! I think everyone has already given you great advice- and I’m just a newbie too- but here’s what I’ve done so far. I hope it helps! Mine are in my attached garage for now. But it doesn’t get too hot despite no AC (insulation and lots of trees) so I don’t know how it would compare...
  14. RoyalChick

    Moving chicks outside (low temp)

    I have only smaller batches and I use a heat plate not a light. I keep them inside long enough to be confident they know where the food and water is and know they can go under the heat plate. I move them outside with the heat plate at a week or so. Last batch I had to lower the thermostat in...
  15. redinator

    I have a constant peeper in the bunch.

    Glad to hear she's likely just fussy. They're all asleep now, so that makes me feel better that she can settle down. From what I understood the dewormer is a preventative measure, like deworming puppies. If that's not the case then I won't give them anymore. When should I start the dewormer...
  16. SimpleJenn

    Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

    They have mystic marans and sapphire skys...just like two of the best girls that ever lived. They gave me the sign They needed sisters A rhode island red (for @featherhead007 )and a light brahma. I did talk kiddo out of the full set (black australorp and silver laced wyandotte) I placed...
  17. K

    First time raising chicks, outdoor brooder temps?

    Hey all, I got 7 day old chicks for my broody hen to adopt, but adopt them she did not. So I'm raising my first batch of chicks! I had a Brinsea ecoglow brooder plate just in case, and I setup a brooder inside with them under that. They've been doing well, and no light on at night. They are 2...
  18. AntiqueB

    baby chicks

    The light is their heat source. They need it at all times. Just be sure that they have a spot in the brooder that they can go to to get away from the heat. They need warmth, but also ventilation!
  19. O

    Lethargic 4 day old chick

    We normally buy direct from the store but our parents had some chicks shipped from cackle hatchery. There’s 1 that’s been lethargic since yesterday, they gave the chick electrolyte water, it perked up and then today is lethargic again. Was cold when they came home and so now I have it on a...
  20. Cmp211

    When will it chickens start using their roosting bars?

    Thank you!!
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