Now currently living in a 2 chicken house-had to get rid of my little austrolorp cockerel once he started crowing...:( And now I'm nervous about my favorite little hen Buffy the Buff Orpington (I know, such an original name) Chickens love shiny things- so when she was sitting on my shoulder, she...
Just a follow up... I have been going without the heat lamp for about two days, only using it at night. The chicks are fine, but the temp only reads 82 degrees! But their body language says that they aren't too cold or too hot so... Yeah. Thank you for the help, Alex!
Hey guys, I have a problem. My chicks are about a week and a half old, and today is going to be 86 degrees where I am. I have to leave the house in the morning, and I won't be back home for 8 hours. Should I leave the heat lamp on and hope they don't get roasted? Or should I turn it off? My...
All of the chicks on this thread are beautiful! My last 2 chicks RIR's had to be put down, they couldn't walk.... I miss them. I get to have some new austrolorp fluffballs in April. Yay!
Btw, Piranha is SUCH a great, cute name!