Well as the tiltle implies I received my very first order of chicks this morning at 645. I ordered 26 and received 27 happy healthy chicks. I'm so excited all of them are doing great so far. I'll post pics as soon as I can.
Ok so I'm extremely new to chickens really still waiting on my first chicks to arrive(4-4) but have been loving this site it's truly a wonderful thing. I don't plan on hatching eggs but I'm very curious to what lockdown is and means, I know it says in the sticky to leave the bator closed as much...
Ok so I think a built my brooder to small to have all my chicks in it until 8 weeks give or take. I built a 4x3 brooder and being a newbie realized after the fact it's not going to house 26 chicks for too long. So here's my question I have a dog crate for my great ddane so its the huge one not...
Hey everyone just wanted to say I love this site been lurking for about 6 months now. My question is I know that under the lights you should have around 95 degrees for the fist week then drop 5 degrees a week after that but what is the other end suppose to be? I just built a 4 ft by 3 ft brooder...