We are brand new to chickens. We have seven babies in a big cardboard brooder 3' x 5' in the basement with warming lights. They came in the mail 26 days ago and they were all growing the same for the first two weeks but lately one little Speckled Sussex is not growing as well as her sisters...
Our baby chicks are coming tomorrow! But not the ones I ordered. The Buff orpingtons didn't hatch so they are sending Barred Rock, Rhode Island Reds, and speckeled sussex. I am going out to the garage to turn on the light and get the water ready and everything. Oh, and the marbles too! I am...
Hi there, could be a really dumb question but why does a brooder need a lid for the first 4 weeks? Do the little baby chicks fly out of there? We were planning on making a brooder out of cardboard boxes taped together in the garage with the light and feeders and thermometer and so on but now I...