Brand new chicks

[MariaE]

Love pics with names and breeds! Happy Super Bowl Sunday! Don’t forget thermometer in brooder near heat source on side at chick level. First week 90-95 then wean by 5 degrees every 5-7 days till 65-70 then off. Keep raising to drop temp if do not have something to regulate the light with. They should do fine. Wait till feathered out min 4-5 weeks or 6-8weeks if too cool out to let outside to coop. Hope you have one ready. They grow fast!

 

[MariaE]

I do, I have a great coop ready my hubby built for me. We are in SW Florida so it's warm most of the winter. As soon as they are ready they will be out there!

 

[MariaE]

I do, I have a great coop ready my hubby built for me. We are in SW Florida so it's warm most of the winter. As soon as they are ready they will be out there!

 

[MariaE]

I just out a thermometer in by the heat lamp,it's reading about 95.

 

[MariaE]

Thank you for the advice!

 

[rosemarythyme]

I'd add more straw, enough to cover the newspaper throughout, to give them more traction.

Agree about securing the heat lamp with more than the clamp. If you have a shower rod above, hang a chain from the rod down to the hanging loop of the lamp, that way IF the clamp fails at least it won't fall in and start a fire.

Also you'll need a cover on the tub very soon to keep chicks from popping out. Back when I brooded in a bathtub, I covered it with a rectangle of wire mesh (like hardware cloth) and then taped cardboard around the edges so it wouldn't scratch the tub.

 

[MariaE]

I'd add more straw, enough to cover the newspaper throughout, to give them more traction.

Agree about securing the heat lamp with more than the clamp. If you have a shower rod above, hang a chain from the rod down to the hanging loop of the lamp, that way IF the clamp fails at least it won't fall in and start a fire.

Also you'll need a cover on the tub very soon to keep chicks from popping out. Back when I brooded in a bathtub, I covered it with a rectangle of wire mesh (like hardware cloth) and then taped cardboard around the edges so it wouldn't scratch the tub.

 

[MariaE]

Is it ok to have straw under where the lamp is? And wow .how old are they when they can clear the tub? ?They are about to or 6 days now I was told . .never even thought about them jumping out if the tub!!!

 

[MariaE]

Is it ok to have straw under where the lamp is? And wow .how old are they when they can clear the tub? ?They are about to or 6 days now I was told . .never even thought about them jumping out if the tub!!!

 

[MariaE]

5 or 6 days old...