Baby Chicks first time

[Nortonlee]

Got my new chicks last night they are about two weeks old they made it through the first night any tips

 

[PD-Riverman]

Got my new chicks last night they are about two weeks old they made it through the first night any tips

More info needed.

You got them in a brooder with heat?
If so how do you have it set-up?
Pics?

 

[chickens really]

Chicks are simple....Heat the Brooder..Supply water and feed at all times..At two weeks old they are feathering so can handle the temp a bit cooler.... Keep and eye on them to see if they are happily peeping around or huddled....I feed medicated starter and do not give treats till after 3 weeks old...Even then it's not very often..Provide them with stumps and a dust bath area....Make sure your set up is as large as you can make it..They need lots of room to play in or behavioural issues develop ...

If you can supply heat to the coop they would be happier there........On warm days they can go out to the run also for the afternoon.....


Best of luck....


Cheers!

 

[Nortonlee]

 

[chickens really]

They will out grow that in a week..
How many chicks do you have?


...Cheers..!

 

[PD-Riverman]

If it was my set-up. I would unscrew that red 250 watt bulb and screw in a regular 60 watt incandescent bulb-----then lower the light fixture so the floor temp directly below the light is about 85 degree's which is good for 2 week old chicks. They will do better----they are staying way away from that light because it is probably to hot?? No one needs a 250 watt heat bulb for a few chicks. Maybe 200 to 300 in the same room.

 

[chickens really]

I use 250s till 3 weeks or so and then 175s after at the same height....

 

[PD-Riverman]

I use 250s till 3 weeks or so and then 175s after at the same height....

How many chicks are you raising---a few hundred?

 

[PD-Riverman]

I am Curious---If this hen can raise 10 or 12 with her little plate size body outside--in the yard, Why would we need a 250 watt heat lamp bulb to raise a few in the shed/barn/house???

 

[chickens really]

I am Curious---If this hen can raise 10 or 12 with her little plate size body outside--in the yard, Why would we need a 250 watt heat lamp bulb to raise a few in the shed/barn/house???

Mother Hen covers her Chicks and call them in under her...She is the best incubator and Mother...Without a Hen they have no one to teach them........