temperature

Our weather in TN can be very wild. It can go from 80°F days to 40°F nights very quickly. Setting up a heating system in our coop is quite complicated, so we try to avoid heating as much as possible. Currently, tonight, it's 54°F. Our chickens are about two and a half months old. We have three...

Please help! I just got my day old chicks today. I decided to go with a thermo heated pad instead of a lamp. I have the pad fixed about 4 inches above the ground so they can huddle underneath. Problem is the temperature is only reading about 80° under there. Should I move the pad to the ground...

We just moved our birds outside... 3 chickens who are 8 weeks old and 2 ducks who are 6 weeks old, they are all feathered. Tonight’s low is supposed to be 47 degrees... I bought a heat plate for cold nights but it seemed to make the coop too warm. Is that too cold for them or will they be alright?

So, after nog yielding an single developing egg from my first try at hatching chicks in an incubator, I decided to test my incubator's hygrometer and thermometer. I also bought a 2nd thermometer/hygrometer, intended for use in terrariums, to use alongside the ones built-in in my incubator. More...

First time chicken owner here 😅 I have 4 chicks that I picked up on 3/21. I’d guess they are almost 5 weeks old? (Assuming they were 2 days or younger when I got them, they will be 5 weeks on this Friday) They all feathered out very fast and I can’t find any obvious fluff left on them. They...

So, I just got my babies this morning and I’ve been constantly adjusting the heat lamp. I’ve been told that the correct temperatures for 0-1 week is 90-95°F and to lower that temperature every week, but so far I’ve noticed that they all huddle if the temperature in under 93° and seem...

Hey there! I'm brand new to keeping chickens. I have 10 chicks on their way to me, arriving tomorrow. My husband and I want to start out with them in the garage. We have dogs in the house and would rather not deal with the drama of keeping them out of an area. Our house doesn't really have a...

Hey everyone, So a little background, we incubated and hatched chicks out twice last year. We used 2 different forced air incubators we purchased from Amazon. They are both sold by a number of different Chinese vendors and don't seem to have a "brand name". The first was a 16 egg small one I...

Hey everyone, happy Easter 🐣 I’m new to chickens, incubating and brooding. just wanting to know how to start my journey off on the right foot and raise healthy happy chickens. I’d like to buy an incubator around $100. Can you recommend a good trustworthy brand? Is it good to have one that...

Hi, I just had 4 ducklings hatch today and they are still in the incubator. What temperature should I put the incubator at?

I want to know what are normal temps for chicks and what are some signs they are not feeling good? Is it a good idea to mix just a bit of medicated feed with regular feed to be pro active? I just want to be prepared and know about it before it happens so I am not hopeless when it is happening...

I have a mama hen who hatched four chicks three weeks ago. She is currently in a large dog crate in my spare bedroom. I would like to move them into my basement where I can give them a much larger brooder pen since the poor mama is going stir crazy. The temperature in my basement is 55 degrees...

I have a Hoverbator 1588. What verified hacks have members used to stabilize ambient room temperature? Placing incubator in wine cooler, box, styrofoam cooler, closet, thermostat controlled space heater in spare room? Other suggestions?

First post, forgive me if im doing it wrong☺ I'll let the picture show the weather but this week is as cold as it ever gets where I live. My birds are a barnyard mix that I've raised from 1 day to week 8. There are 8 and they are housed with eleven 9 week old Guinea Fowl. They've been together...

I just got them, they are in the house right now, but I want to move them to my aviary which is in a side building. Right now I am keeping about 8°C for my parrots. Is this enough for them?

Hello! I had three chicks (buff Orpington) born out of the incubator two weeks ago. They are now in a big tub in the garage with two older chicks (6 weeks old) with a normal lamp close to them to keep them warm. It is not a heat lamp, as I am kinda scared of the fire hazard with these lamps. We...

Day 18 has closed and day 19 just beginning for cotournix quail in a still air incubator. I didn’t buy the 2nd thermometer until lockdown. And then they were 3-5 degrees off. Of course I bought the wrong one and it can’t be calibrated. Since no hatching I am thinking temp was too low. I see no...

So a veterinarian friend of mine dropped off a 3 day old chick with me that she splinted the leg on. She came across it in a feed store and they were going to euthanize it. I'm not exactly sure what is wrong with it. It's eating and drinking and I keep moving it to be near the food and water. It...

I have tried incubating eggs twice now. The 1st time around I put in 8 eggs of which only 3 were fertile and none survived. Now I have again tried to incubate eggs, I placed 10 eggs in the incubator. I candled 6 days later, all were developing except for one which I then removed. I again candled...

I know this may seem like a basic question, but there are some variables that make it nuanced. I have a coop of 19 guinea fowl and five young chickens. I have getting 15 more baby chicks this week. I have a brooder cage for them I could put in my house, but it makes a HUGE mess in the one room...