First time chick owner here. They are four weeks old tomorrow. We have had a stretch of 90 degree days and so I moved their chicken brooder pen out to the coop (which has a window but it 100% closed off- dimensions are about 6x8 and 5 birds). For the last 2 days I have taken the pen away and...
I got 5 baby chicks in the mail yesterday (first time chicken raiser) and have been trouble getting the temp of the brooder right. The chicks keep huddling up in a ball, but on the outside edge of the brooder not close to the heat lamp. Originally when I brought them home I had the heat lamp...
i have 38 chicks and all of them come to one side of the brooder. The temp is 30 degree Celsius and the chicks ages are different from 10 days to 25 days. What am I doing wrong?
Okay, I have 7 silkies that have hatched over the last 2 days and they are still in bator. I have brooder set up, and all chicks are dry and fluffy...I am anxious to move them. How crucial is it that the temp be 95% throughout brooder? I have the brinsea ecogrow 20 in there, and I have a...