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  1. Wyorp Rock

    Corid vs Ericlor 10

    Can you please post photos of the chicks, the brooder setup and their poop? You have 16, 8-Day old chicks in a 3x3 brooder. It's 90F in the garage and you are providing a heat lamp which you turn off at 80F-80F. You mention in 1 place the lamp is pointed at 1 corner, in another you mention 2...
  2. CabritaChicks

    Figuring out my brooder temp

    The thermometer should stay in the brooder at all times for accurate monitoring. I use a reptile thermometer for all the birds I hatch or care for—it provides more consistent and reliable readings, and even humidity levels. From the picture, those chicks look younger than 2-3 weeks old—maybe...
  3. Ponypoor

    Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

    Awwwww - yay! Babies! So adorable ♥️
  4. SourRoses

    Help rats are eating my chickens!

    You need an emergency coop light on all night. Think night light level. You don't want it so bright that the chickens have trouble sleeping, but they need to be able to see where the predators are coming from so they can move away / peck back. I once lost a 3 month old pullet to rat(s). The...
  5. avjudge

    Heat lamp vs electric brooder

    After getting an initial batch of six, I seem to be brooding 3 to 4 chicks every other year to keep my numbers up. I brood in the mudroom, in a dog crate with cardboard twisty-tied to the sides to keep bedding and heat in and cat paws out. So like you I only need to raise the temperature over...
  6. Ponypoor

    Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

    Unfortunately it wouldn’t do to have them imprint on her. She wants to have them bond with Tassles, the less she interacts with them the better. I’m fact I wouldn’t spend too much time with them if I were bonding them with a mama. Plenty of time to have them hopping up on you once they get out...
  7. Mrs. K

    Checking frequency for sick or injured chickens

    You know, I have often wondered about this. As for me, chickens just go about chickening. However, I am a realist, and I do not expect them to live forever, and really I don't cuddle my chickens. My chickens get a lot of fresh air, sunshine, exercise, and not excessive feed. They fly up to...
  8. K

    Are they eating the dirt?

    All birds are different and a small group of bantam chicks will probably need heat for longer, but you also have warmer indoor temperatures. Getting them off heat and outdoors full-time is a priority for me, so you might not want to bother if it isn't so important for you but here's how I do it...
  9. TOMTE

    Wyrd Sisters (the Discworld chickens)

    I've been thinking about the bed sheet thing. We have so many old sheets, I might be able to find something that I can use. Thank you for the tip! As long as the current coop stays sturdy enough, that's exactly my plan for it. If we don't just end up burning it or something LOL. It'll still...
  10. J

    Help rats are eating my chickens!

    Thanks, I will definitely keep a light on all night. Today we are cleaning all the bedding out of the coop (in the frozen rain) to get a good look for any places where they might be getting in. It truly is amazing how they can fit through the smallest hole. After that, we're doing smoke bombs...
  11. Ridgerunner

    Help with designing a walk in coop/shed

    A 4x8 is the largest I'd build that was not a walk-in. You need to be able to reach everywhere inside so build access doors, probably from inside that shed. I would for lighting. You should get quite a bit of light from that venting but I'd probably put one on the back wall. It won't hurt...
  12. ChibaPet

    Need help - terrible experience incubating

    Hi all. I've kept chickens for years - not well when I was a kid, but with great care and success over the last decade. Our hens are supervised free range girls. We don't have roosters at present as we've not had good experiences, but we want to try them again. We were going to buy more chicks...
  13. TwoCrows

    New to the group “Newbirdies”

    Hello and welcome to BYC! :frow Congratulations on your hatch! Here is a good article on raising the chicks the first 6 weeks of life ... https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/brooding-chicks-the-first-6-weeks.74640/ You might brood them outside in a draftless, steady temp building so...
  14. E

    “Jelly Egger”

    Okay, so i have 13 hens. 21 weeks old! they have been some laying eggs for about 4 weeks now. i am now getting on average 7 eggs a day. but the last 3 days i get my usual 7 but on the floor of the coop under the roosting bar is a busted shell-less egg (or Jelly Egg as i used to call it growing...
  15. Minanora

    What did you do in the garden today?

    Dust. Your space looks fine to me! 😂 The only clean places in my house are the kitchen and the bathrooms. I think there's still dust from the chicks being in the brooder inside on every light fixture in the house.
  16. Noraaaaa

    Anything to add to brooder?

    I love your breeds! Perfect! That should be about good! You can keep it 68-72 (that's what I do). Your set up looks spectacular!
  17. DancesWithRoosters

    Non. Stop. Peeping.

    Hello! I have used a hearing scope that drs use to check his lungs etc, he has no congestion or issues there! He has a full, warm red heat lamp. He is not cold. Even under the heat lamp, he screams. (Unless were just..standing in the room) We seperated WeteyesMcGee into his own private area so...
  18. Becstasy94

    Can't sleep!

    You should get yourself a brooder plate if you’re talking about a heat lamp. They still need heat and if you’re worried about the light disturbing them, then a brooder plate takes care of that!
  19. gtaus

    Review by 'gtaus' in article 'Common Hazards In The Poultry Yard'

    Excellent article. I do have one concern that you did not mention. I use two heat lamps in my brooder setup because I can see if the light is on and warming the chicks. I know many people are now using the "safer" mama pad heaters and tents for their brooders. But if you read some negative...
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  20. wrathsfarm

    Wrath's Marans

    Yesterday was a busy day and forgot I grabbed some crappy pics of the little's move day to King's coop... Weather isn't nice today but I'll let them run around the coop for a bit today under close watch if they want to come out of their new space. When I carried out the clear plastic tote they...
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