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Howdy, again. I live on northern Iowa were it gets pretty cold so I have had a heat lamp in all winter. And I have had some trouble with this prior to this particular incident but it has happened 5 or 6 times now and I need answers. My heat lamp bulbs seem to keep breaking. And I don't mean the...

So I’m moving my ducklings to my bathtub for somewhere bigger, however, we do not have a big enough extension cord to have the heat lamp at a good height (The outlets in the bathroom don’t work so we had to do one outside the bathroom and around the corner) two a two weeks old and one is one and...

I have three call ducklings, two are nearly two weeks old and one is around one and half weeks old. I turned off their heat lamp for a few minutes earlier today, then forgot about it and went on my computer for nearly two hours. I just went downstairs and remembered about it and turned it on...

We have chicks coming from Mt. Healthy. They’re our first mailed chicks and I got an email from them today saying heat lamps are better for shipped chicks. Is this true? I feel like they would know, right? I had planned on the MHP bc the lamp makes me nervous but we do have one.

I have a broody hen, her name is Pickles (she is ALWAYS broody 🙃). We are scheduled for baby chicks 5/15. Is it even a reasonable thought to bring her inside to mama the babies if she’s still broody? They’ll be mailed to us. I can’t put them outside w her bc I don’t think our top hen will be...

Hello, Could anyone help me with a little dilemma I have thought of: I am going to hatch out quail chicks under a Silkie hen, but I have been advised from a previous BYC post that that is possibly dangerous for the chicks as they could be squished! So, I am going to hatch out my chicks under a...

Hello! We've had quite the morning. I woke up to the power being out the day that my turkey poulets arrived at the post office due to a freak snow storm. I was able to get them from the USPS and get home and keep them by the fire until the power came back on. The issue is that I set up a...

There has been 3 chicken coop fires in our area the past couple weeks with one taking a barn also.

Hello all, I've got 7 new chicks that I moved to their brooder a couple hours ago. After a few minutes, they were all clustered in one corner. I thought it was because the lamp I have was too hot for them, so I raised it a little bit. This continued a few times and now they are still pretty...

Question about heat lamp. Can we use a ceramic heat lamp for the brooder. Also what is the difference of using a red heat lamp to a clear lamp or ceramic lamp. What would be the best to use

So I just bought some chicks from TSC & we live in Louisiana. The temperature is currently 83 outside tonight and that is where the chicks are(on my big carport) Do I need to leave the heat lamp on all night long or even at all ?

First of all, I planned to do an indoor brooder box and it's about 32x22" inside. I wanted to do an Ohio brooder, but I planned on getting a couple 40w incandescent bulbs to help keep the chicks warm. But I read an article here that said they shouldn't have all that, and should only have a...

Ok, question, I have a 8x10 un-insilated fancy chicken coop, I have 7 chickens (variety) and 1 pot belly pig, the pig needs heat but the chickens don't, so should I put a heating lamp in there for the Baby pig or should I make her a bed to sleep in that will keep her warm at night ?

I will be getting 4 buff orpingtons chicks shipped to me mid May. I'm in ND and the average high is around 70, lows around 45. I plan on keeping them in the garage (unheated, small) in a kids play pen or dog crate, not sure yet. Is a brooder plate sufficient? I really don't want to use a heat...

For how long should I keep a heat lamp on my little pullets? And how cold is to cold for chickens? I don't currently have power to the coop and don't want to have a heat lamp out there, so need to know how old a pullet needs to be in order to be ok without it.

Ok, I have a mix of ages. 6 - 5 weeks fully feathered, 7-3 weeks, and 2- 1 week chicks. The 2 1 wk chicks are separated from the others. My coops ready and I'd like to start moving chicks outside, but I have questions. I'm confident the 5 week olds would be fine even without a heat lamp (once...

Do pullets need a heat lamp? Do my pullets and Roos need a heating lamp in the coop overnight. I’m in Georgia and the low tonight is going to be 57. I have a sick hen and was also wondering if I needed to put a heating lamp in her Henspital since she will be separated from the flock. My...

First time chicken owner here so I’m sorry if this is dumb to ask. I just want to make sure I am taking the best care of the babies as possible. I have four 4 week old chicks, and one 3 week old chick. All are mostly feathered except the 3 week old. My house stays at about 72-73. Wondering if...

In a few days, we are anticipating the arrival of black australorp chicks from Cackle Hatchery through a mail order. Although we are familiar with buying chicks from Tractor Supply (TS), which sources their chicks from Cackle, we've never made a mail order purchase before. Typically, we would...

Hello! I am a new chicken mama to 5 little cuties (Australorp, Speckled Sussex, Wyandotte, Barred Rock and Lavender Orpington). We just picked them up yesterday from a local hatchery. I have one of the pop-up dog playpens and purchased EVERYTHING lol (too much). The hatchery very strongly...