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    Week Old Chick Probably Wont Make It

    Hello all. Came home from work this morning. One of my Rhode Island chicks was splayed out, until I moved the lid, then she stood up and started bobbing her head and what looked like gasping for air. The other 12 chicks in the brooder were/are fine. I took her in the house and syringe fed her...
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    Thermometer Questions

    Hello all. Got my brooders going. Chicks seem fine. I bought 2 TSC glass thermometers to hang in the tanks. They read 60°-70° which is obviously too cold for chicks. I used 2 digital thermometers to check both sides of brooder. One read 111.4° under lamp, and 72° on non heated side. The other...
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    Metal Stock Tank Heating Issue

    Hello all. From Maryland. Temps around 30°(slightly warmer or colder depending kn the day). I have my brooders( 2 tractor supply metal stock tanks) set up in my garage. Garage is not heated, or insulated (cant be heated), not drafty either. One brooder has 2 heat lamps and one has 1 lamp and 1...
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    Hello All

    (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? -I am new to chickens. I have been dreaming of having them for years, but couldn't until we bought our first house. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? -0 (3) What breeds do you have? -none. But I want to start with egg...
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