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That is still wood chips. I know of people that use the wood chips but cover them with paper towels or newspapers. I have personally witnessed keets eating paper towels so that is not my preference.

Yeah that's not a good sign. It is recommended to not put keets on wood chips until they are at least 2 weeks old. They can and will eat them and cannot digest them without having grit available. Giving them crumbled hard boiled egg is fine but will not increase the protein level since hard...

It is basically an Old Wive's tale that has gotten repeated so often that people don't question it. I was personally guilty of repeating it until I actually looked up the protein level of hard boiled eggs. It is a good idea to feed the keets hard boiled eggs because it has so many other...

There are plenty of good reasons to supplement with hard boiled eggs but they will not increase the protein intake. If you google the protein content of hard boiled eggs, you will find that most reports are that hard boiled eggs have approximately 12% protein.

My experience with the small Mom & Pop stores is that they tend to take very good care of their customers and will order in the kind of feed you need if you ask them to and give them a reason why you need that kind of feed. Good luck.

Lay the thermometer down flat to get a more accurate temperature of the bedding level or get a cheap indoor/outdoor thermometer with an attached probe to be able to measure the temperature right at the bedding level.

Most chain operated feed stores will not carry the proper feed for keets and poults but many will allow you to special order the proper feed. Your keets will never reach their full potential if you raise them on poor quality chick grower. Even meat grower at 24% protein or all flock crumbles...

When measuring the temperature in a brooder, it needs to be measured at the bedding level. If you are measuring the air temperature it will be far too hot at the bedding level where the keets are. The brooder should not be kept at the same temperature in the whole brooder. If you are using a...

I use warm water the first time the keets are put in the brooder. After that I just fill the water container straight out of the hydrant. I would not put a heat source over the water. Food and water should be out of the heated part of the brooder. The keets need the ability to freely go...