chick question!

[Mark kim]

Hi soon my silkie chicks are gonna hatch so i am trying to prepare the brooder. What temp should it be under the heat lamp?

 

[BarredBuff]

I think 95 degrees

 

[NancyP]

You start at 95 and drop the temperature 5 degrees each week.
Nancy

 

[BarredBuff]

Drop 5 each week until it reaches 70 degrees then you can release the pullets or cockerels out into the outside

 

[Mark kim]

okay tyvm!

 

[Mark kim]

what do i put as the bottem of the brooder? pine shavings? can i use paper towels?

 

[GraceAK]

Use paper towel for the first few weeks, until they learn what is food. If you put in shavings right away, they will eat only that and then die :C

 

[Mark kim]

okay thanks for info