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They gave DH a scare today.
I was at work and he was tending them -- adjusting the lamp and changing out to the lower-wattage, reptile night bulb when temps went back up to a more seasonable 80+ afternoon. He'd changed out the bulb and gone back to check the temperature after half and hour and found all the chicks lying down motionless.
As soon as he started making a disruption by picking up the thermometer to read it, etc. they jumped up and started moving around.
When I got home I went out to check them and found them scattered all over the brooder, settled down snoozing. I like the reptile night bulbs when the temperatures don't require the 250 watt red monster because I think that the chicks get more sleep and are more content.
I told him that what he'd seen was exactly what should happen -- contented, snoozing chicks at the right temperature without the disruption of too much light.
I was at work and he was tending them -- adjusting the lamp and changing out to the lower-wattage, reptile night bulb when temps went back up to a more seasonable 80+ afternoon. He'd changed out the bulb and gone back to check the temperature after half and hour and found all the chicks lying down motionless.
As soon as he started making a disruption by picking up the thermometer to read it, etc. they jumped up and started moving around.
When I got home I went out to check them and found them scattered all over the brooder, settled down snoozing. I like the reptile night bulbs when the temperatures don't require the 250 watt red monster because I think that the chicks get more sleep and are more content.
I told him that what he'd seen was exactly what should happen -- contented, snoozing chicks at the right temperature without the disruption of too much light.
When I saw my first batch of chicks asleep, I yelped, thinking they had all died. Nope.
Later in the day, I saw them all passed out like boys at a frat party and just laughed.
I died of cuteness overload on page one!
Congratulations on such adorable fluff nuggets!
Congratulations on such adorable fluff nuggets!
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They're so scared of me changing the bulb. 
It should be less traumatic when they move to the bigger brooder tomorrow since there will be more room to get away from the scary thing happening.
It should be less traumatic when they move to the bigger brooder tomorrow since there will be more room to get away from the scary thing happening.
Love the pics!
I wish you had ordered some blue langshans.
I've been dying to see how they look, but a 25 minimum order would be overwhelming for me.
I wish you had ordered some blue langshans.
I've been dying to see how they look, but a 25 minimum order would be overwhelming for me.
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Love the pics!
I wish you had ordered some blue langshans.
I've been dying to see how they look, but a 25 minimum order would be overwhelming for me.
We're a little too far apart to split an order next year.
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I'm setting up the bigger brooder now that we got the tree work done.
It's right next to Neuchickenstein to make attending to everyone easy.
First, I got out the stapler and repaired some loose tarps.
Then I bricked up the gaps where the ground was a little uneven.
A layer of straw and a layer of shavings will keep them safely up out of any possible dampness. (There's no runoff channels through this part of the slope).
Furniture. The waterer will be on the block to the right after I move it from the other brooder.
Replaced the hook I got cut on with a loop of tripled wire. The heat lamp will hang here.
An innovation in the coop furniture. I'll be moving their huddle box (aka, their shipping box), from the other brooder, but I thought I'd try giving them a bucket on it's side to see if they like going in there.
When I open the vent on the "porch" end I can attatch it to the wire of Neuchickenstein, which should be more stable than the bamboo poles. This will start the see-don't touch immediately.
I'm moving them in an hour or so, the warmest time of the day since they'll have to be without their lamp for a bit while I swap the electric cords, etc.
It's right next to Neuchickenstein to make attending to everyone easy.
First, I got out the stapler and repaired some loose tarps.
Then I bricked up the gaps where the ground was a little uneven.
A layer of straw and a layer of shavings will keep them safely up out of any possible dampness. (There's no runoff channels through this part of the slope).
Furniture. The waterer will be on the block to the right after I move it from the other brooder.
Replaced the hook I got cut on with a loop of tripled wire. The heat lamp will hang here.
An innovation in the coop furniture. I'll be moving their huddle box (aka, their shipping box), from the other brooder, but I thought I'd try giving them a bucket on it's side to see if they like going in there.
When I open the vent on the "porch" end I can attatch it to the wire of Neuchickenstein, which should be more stable than the bamboo poles. This will start the see-don't touch immediately.
I'm moving them in an hour or so, the warmest time of the day since they'll have to be without their lamp for a bit while I swap the electric cords, etc.
It appears they no longer have langshans for sale. I had read somewhere, that they get their chickens from Privet, in New Mexico. I looked on Privett's site, and they are not carrying them either.We're a little too far apart to split an order next year.
I guess Ideal and McMurray are the only hatcheries to carry them. Ideal carries only black langshans, and MM has black langshans and white langshans, but no blue.
Sad. I should have ordered them last year.
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