5 days old and clueless!

[pascopol]

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5 degrees a week not 5 degrees a day.

 

[MomOf15]

They are currently in my livingroom and the temp is set at 70. How much more heat does all those little bodies in one box produce?

They seem to be doing fine and my livingroom is actually warmer then the feed mill we got them from.

 

[horsejody]

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They may seem fine, but you risk things like slower growth and pasty butt with no added heat source. A simple light bulb over their box can work. Measure the temperature of the brooder on the floor directly under the light. It should be 95 degrees the first week, and you can drop it by about 5 degrees every week.

 

[MomOf15]

Thanx horsejody~
Your screen name makes me laugh cuz my real name is 'jody'

I will do that as soon as I get home...I have a lamp right there handy too. In the evenings I've been putting a towel over the box with about a 5" gap at one end...they go to bed like such good lil peeps, better then the older kids, that's for sure. And they are up and ready to go at 6 AM
I explained to my older two kids last night about checking for pasty butt, neither seemed to excited about that - lol! So far we have all pretty butts

 

[horsejody]

I think that there are a few of us Jody's on here. Your screen mane scares me "momof15." I have a vision of 15 kids!

 

[MomOf15]

I always have trouble with people spelling mine with an 'i' or 'ie'.

Yeah, my screen name scares me too - lol! Thank goodness there's only 3 kids and I just turned 40 in February so I HIGHLY doubt there will be any more