brooder advice

  1. chickenaskquestion

    Help deciding bedding for chicken brooder

    The reason I need help is because I live in a poor country and pine chips dont exist here. So I have a question that can I use a mixturue of coco peat, rice husk, a lil bit of sand, and just a bit of rocks and gravel for the bedding?
  2. Muser

    Chicks chirping

    So we have a brooder set up in our living room and we have been letting the chicks run around a little bit outside of their brooder (with supervision of course). We put them in around 9:30pm so they would settle for bed but they are all chirping like crazy! Is this just their way of protesting...
  3. ElGoose

    Gosling temperature help

    So our 2 week old goslings have a small issue and I’m not sure what it is! one of our goslings is always trying to cuddle up to the other for warmth, and the other is always stretching it’s legs out and panting like she’s way too hot! Do they need different temperatures or does the other have a...
    • ElGoose
    • Thread
    • brooder advice geese gosling gosling help goslings temperature
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Geese
  4. ElGoose

    Baby goslings hate staying in the brooder! Help!

    We have 2 baby goslings right now (literally newly hatched about 1/2 days ago) which were the only ones to hatch out of 6 eggs that we got, they seem very happy and healthy but the only issue is.. they hate staying in the brooder! No matter what we do they cry to come out! Actually one of them...
    • ElGoose
    • Thread
    • brooder advice geese gosling brooder gosling care goslings
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: Geese
  5. J

    Suggestions for Large Brooder with Pictures

    Hello all! I am new to raising chickens and to BackYard Chickens and I am hoping you all can help me with my brooder. I am so very excited to be getting 6 beautiful girls on May 25th. We just started remodeling one of our bathrooms but everything was put on hold because the bathtub is on back...
  6. Nlmack

    Brooder to coop

    Hi! I’m in central Florida and the temperature is usually mid to high 80s in the day and in the 60s at night. My chickens are 4 and 5 weeks. Is it safe to move them from indoors to their outside coop?
  7. C

    Help! Brinsea Ecoglow Safety 600 too hot?

    I bought the Brinsea Ecoglow Safety 600 chick brooder and it arrived yesterday. The heat plate is much hotter than expected. I can't hold my fingers against it for more than a couple of seconds. Touching the plate reminds me of walking barefoot on very hot sand -- you can hardly stand to walk on...
    • CharlieBaby
    • Thread
    • brinsea ecoglow brooder brooder advice chicks dead chick ecoglow heat alternatives heat lamp heat plate heat plate height
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
  8. TheChickenFanatic

    BROODER THREAD! Pictures of your brooder!

    BROODER THREAD! I'm interested in gleaning tips and ideas from other poultry owners on how you all set up your brooders, and what you use. Post some pictures of your brooders! I'd appreciate any advice that you all can give. ❤️
  9. A

    Brooder light

    hello , I have a SunGlo uvb light 70wt that I used to use for my turtle. Wondering if I can use this bulb for the brooder (3 silkie chicks from the incubator) is it an appropriate bulb or do I need to get a red light or warm Light cheap bulb? Will the UVB and brightness affect the chicks...
  10. Ittybittyschmidtie

    is this Brooder okay for 15 baby chicks until older? New to chickens

    hello chickie friends, Pretty new here not sure if I’m doing this right. I was wondering if this set up I have is okay to house 15 baby chicks until they get bigger? I’m going to rig a heat lamp to hang over. Tips, suggestions? Thank you🐣
  11. Duckduckgoosie

    month old silkies, newly hatched barred rocks?

    Not sure how seriously I’m considering this plan but could you see brooding 4 week old silkie chicks with much younger barred rocks? Two of each, so 4 chicks total. I’m wondering if such an arrangement might actually help a pair of silkies have a smoother time eventually joining our current...
  12. L

    Extended Brooder size 2 week chicks

    Hello there! I have recently incubated and hatched 5 silkie babies who are now a very rambunctious 2 weeks old. They are doing a lot of stretching of their wings and freaking each other out so I decided to double the size of their brooder. However now they seem to not be able to find the heat...
    • Lucyajb
    • Thread
    • #silkiechicks brood box brooder advice chicks 2 weeks rooster silkies 101
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
  13. P

    Ducklings Run Away When trying to transfer them

    Hi there, I’m new to the site. I have 5 Rouen ducklings (8 days old) that have warmed up to Me since I got them Friday. They eat crumbles from my hand and nibble at my fingers, I’m talking to them a lot since I work from home and their brooder is in my office with me all day. A couple of them...
    • patrickftobin
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    • brooder advice ducklings peeping scared chick
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Ducks
  14. celliott24

    Do my chicks need more space?

    First time chick mom! I brought 6 chicks home a little less than 2 weeks ago (so they’re somewhere between 2-3 weeks old) and based on research was under the impression that they could stay in a brooder until about 4-5 weeks of age. We’re working on building the backyard coop now - it will be a...
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