So I hatched two chicks that are ready to go into a brooder. I have a tote that has measurements of 23.2x15.4 11in in height and he bought a heat long bulb of 250w wondering if that’s too high of wattage and if I could a normal household lightbulb of 75 watts? Or would the heating bulb be okay?
Hello everyone I’m new to this site as of a couple days ago! We currently have 9 hens 6 of which that are two and 3 that are not even a year! Don’t know all the breeds we have tho:) and we have a rooster! We are new to chickens and still don’t know what we are doing most the time. Any advice...
We we live in michigan. They are only about 2 we it’s been about 75-80 out and about 60-65 at night. I thought maybe the heat and cooler nights. But even in winter we were getting 2-3 a day from them. The only one that looks like it’s molting is the rooster. The other have the majority of their...
I have a mix of all kinds of different breeds. Right now I have 6laying hens 3 that aren’t old enough to lay and 1 rooster. And all of the sudden they have stopped laying. We feed them corn and layer daily. Plus we give them lots of greens and some fruit for treats? They always have plenty water...