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Yesterday we found one of our ~4 week old buff orpington hens with her head almost completely between her legs and unable to walk forward at all-- whenever she tried to move, she'd end up walking backwards. There was no sign of an injury or anything, and all 10 of the rest of the flock are...

Is it ok to have the brooder in a dark room with just an infrared light, or should chicks be exposed to some hours of more broad spectrum light to imitate day/night?

It's OK to use incandescent lights for heat right, at least for a few days? The bright light won't mess up their sleep cycle, will it?

have you ever seen a newly hatched chick actually crack other eggs in the incubator?

My first egg just hatched in my incubator about five minutes ago, and is currently in there with 15 other eggs that aren't due to hatch for another 14 days. I'm actually not going to be home tomorrow to make sure its alright in hte brooder I've made, so would it be ok for it to spend tomorrow in...