Ok my coop is 4x8 and 3 feet tall. I will consider getting a dimmer. I have two small side windows at the top of each side if I open those do you think you’d keep the thing cool also
Ok I have twelve chickens and I will put a heat source out there for the four nights it is going to be in the 40. At what age outside do you think you can shut the heat lamp off for good?
Thanks! I am thinking about putting them out Monday to get them used to the coop all week. The lows this week are going to be in the 50s and 2 nights in the mid 40s what do you think I should do?
I am using a heat lamp but it is 70 degrees in my garage(it’s heated) should I pull the heat lamp up every day this week and increase the time they get outside every day this week and at the end of the week take them out for good. Would that be good?
Thanks a lot! I am going to start weaning them off the heat starting Monday when they are 4 weeks old for that whole week, also how should they do that? And then the 5 days after this week I will get them to go in the coop
Yes, I may just leave them in the router for this last week and bring them outside for a little field trips and then the last five days before I leave I’ll get them acclimated to the coop so he can let them out and feed them and water
I have a plan. If I kept them in the Brooder for this week and then get them used to the coop for the five days after this week before I leave and then just tell the guy to let them out and in and make sure they have food and water
Yes I have two windows for ventilation. I’m not leaving until July 3 like I said so I don’t know if I want to keep them locked in the coop for almost 3 weeks
No but he lives next to a person who has chickens but doesn’t have a lot of experience at all. I’m trying to get the chicken so all he has to do is feed them
water them and let them outside. I could wait another week inside the Bruder and try to put them out at five weeks
Also, could I put a heat lamp in the coop until they are big enough without it at like 5 and 1/2 weeks when I leave and have another person take care of them when I’m gone