brooder

I have four ducklings which are 5 days old I have been changing their bedding (newspaper to cardboard) every morning and giving them baths everyday, letting them dry out after the bath, and I have their water in a feeder so they can’t splash around and get wet but they still end up stinking and...

Hello everyone! I’m new to raising duck babes and have been doing SO much research. Everyone says something different but I’m curious what you all think, when should my ducks be taken out of their brooder to live a more independent life style? They will be spending their days outside with a pool...

Hi I am setting up a temporary brooder in a rubbermaid bin right next to the incubater, but once they get a little bit bigger I am going to move them to a kiddie pool with wood shavings. So I just want to know what bedding to put in the temporary brooder, I don't know if I should use wood...

My duck eggs just hatched out 2 days ago and they are the cutest things exept 2 of them walk fine and the other 2 can hardly stand. Does anyone know why this is? Or how to fix it? I’ve already added niacin into their diet so should i just wait a few days? Can y’all please also give me some...

I found a thread similar, however, the replies for some reason would not load. I got some chicks on the 7th, I’m picking up some chicks on the 13th, and my main batch of chicks will arrive in the end of May/beginning of June. I’m assuming that given the specific temperature needs and the pecking...

I'm thinking of fostering some wild ducklings this year and was wondering if a puppy playpen would work. It's a little over 3x3 feet wide, and 4 feet tall. Would that be an ok size? Here's a picture of the kind I got:

Hi! I'm expecting ducklings & goslings in June and am looking at different options for heat lamps in my brooder. I've raised ducklings in the past, but usually received them earlier in the year around April. In the past I've used standard red incandescent heat lamps with the general metal dome...

We are getting things set up in advance of our hatching eggs arriving and realized we had a 100g stock tank with no current use. Anyone see any issues using this a a brooder? We have metal shelving to use as a cover and plan on using a radiating hover brooder as opposed to a light. Any...

Hi there, I am trying to find out as much information as I can to be prepared if needed. I understand that, even as chicks, shamos can be extremely aggressive even from day one, particularly the young cockerals. Others have said this may happen around 3 weeks, that they start to fight. How...

So yesterday I came across some Orphington chicks. I brought 4 home. They are doing all quite well, as eating, drinking and peeping up a storm while not napping under the brooder plate. I ordered, 3 Easter Eggers that will be coming May 20 - 21st. They Orphingtons, from comparing pictures...

This duck was accidentally incubated with chicken eggs not sure how. So the egg was overdue for hatching but I could see that it internally popped the air sac so I poked a little hole in it. I had already assisted a chiclet with his shell and thought it would be fine to help this one aswell...

Help! New member here! We are raising our first chicks, and there is a steep learning curve. We started out with a heat lamp, but now after reading about the fire danger and behaviorial issues I want to swap to a heating pad. I have one that can stay on constantly, and I have read about how to...

Hi everyone, New member here! We are raising our first chicks, and there is a steep learning curve. We started out with a heat lamp, but now after reading about the fire danger and behaviorial issues I want to swap to a heating pad. I have one that can stay on constantly, and I have read about...

Ground level look at the dog kennel brooder. I put a window screen in front of this gate. It is not pictured here so you can see into the crate.

Raising nine baby chicks in my bathtub right now. They turned two weeks three days ago. I want to move them into the barn. We have nine adults that live in a big coop inside the barn and go into the yard everyday. I would move the babies into the smaller coop within the barn (big ones couldn’t...

Good afternoon everyone! I’m Olivia 😊First off - thank you all so much for the posts / threads we are able to read on this site, it has been SO helpful, before and after we’ve received our new chicks. We found BYC by simple google searches and I love feedback from real people. My husband, Scott...

Hello! I have 5 4 week old Easter Egger chicks. The brooder they are currently in gives them 1.25 sq feet per bird. They seem cramped in there. So question one is- is that enough space? I let them out of the brooder multiple times a day to run around the spare bedroom (outdoors is currently too...

Hi! I'm excited to have 6, 3-4 week old chicks. They have a large brooder and we clean it daily. Even with that, they often have poop on their feet. I have used a damp paper towel unsuccessfully but would it be ok to use baby wipes? I only have non-organic baby wipes - do you think they are safe...

I have 2 duckling both about 3 weeks old. They are still in a “brooder” inside my house. (It’s really just a pen I made with cardboard and boxes so they would have more room-picture below). Lately I’ve had them out of their brooder from the moment I wake up, to the moment I go to bed. I put them...