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They have spread out from the corner now so I think it's cooling down some.

I just went to check to see if the heat was improving and one of them flew up on top of the feeder jar! I better get to making a top!

That's good to know! I had read so much about keeping them warm but not much about overheating.

I did check about 30 minutes ago and raised the lamp up higher. I hadn't factored in the sun heating the other end up, too.

It has been fun watching them learning to roost on the stick. They will be on it and fall asleep, laying their head down onto the shavings. They look so funny!

Pine bedding. I worked pretty diligently to know what to do, and what not to do. Read not to use cedar somewhere so I'm not. I put down paper towels the first few days but went to the shavings yesterday. It smells much better! I was getting really worried that I would have to start changing the...

Hello everyone! I got my first chickens 5 days ago, on Tuesday. I went to a hatchery and got 5 Barred Rocks, 5 Black Australorps and 5 Buff Orpingtons. On Friday, I got 5 Ameraucanas from a local lumber yard. Everyone seems healthy and happy. There is a lot of chirping going on but it seems to...