Hi! I have chicks that are almost 3 weeks old. I am using a heat plate made by "producers pride" to heat their coop. Their brooder was inside my living room but they were very crafty at getting out often so I moved them outside on my front porch where I have a coop that I used with my older...
Hi! I am wondering about housing 2 week old chicks outside with a heat plate plugged in for them.
They are inside my living room now in a wood box where the sides are cardboard. I keep raising the cardboard but MAN they are jumpers!! It seems no matter how tall I make the cardboard sides they...
A few years ago my family received some baby chicks from a friend who couldn't keep them. Things seemed pretty simple as they didn't get sick and taking care of them was fairly easy. So when I took my kids with me this year to the local farm store to pick out some new babies my confidence in...