CHICKS, help please!!

[lanie8]

I have a coupple of3 week old chicks,and when I go to bed I turn off the light so they can sleep(room about 80f so they don't need a heat lamp),but as soon as I turn the light off they get really scared,and wont sleep,witch meansme neithr.Any way to get them use to the light being turned off at night?

 

[CayuseRanch]

I stagger my lights off on the young chicks. When they are outside, the light dims and they slowly aclimate and move into their huddle and roosts. When you are using artificial light all the sudden it goes from being the middle of the day to a cloudy night with no moon. So I turn off the light in the room they are in, leave the hallway light on, then next time I walk by I pull the door a little more closed, and when they are all huddled together and sleeping, I turn the hall light off.

Some people use a red bulbed light at night.

 

[Kbagwell1]

Its best to use the infrared light bulb...its more soothing. Also at 1 week old they should be around 90 degrees still....only drop 5 degrees a week!

 

[Katydid2011]

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[fifenashia]

We use a night bulb for heat and some light but not enough to keep them up, I flip that one on at about 8:00 so there is still some daylight and they get a more natural transition. I like the idea of the timer too!

 

[minifarmerct]

I use an led night light that goes on as it gets darker costs practically nothing to run

 

[lanie8]

Thanks for the advice! When the hens get to be full grown do they have to have any lights on at night when its warm out?

 

[Celtic Chick]

Most people don't, but I will have either a 25 watt red bulb in my coop running at night, or a nightlight with a red X-mas bulb in it. The red color doesn't disturb their sleep or make them want to peck/fight the way white bulbs do.
I have had a few instances when the girls decided it was too nice out to go in the coop until later. Unfortunately, when later came, it was too dark in the coop for them to see to jump up on their roosts. Lesson learned. My procrastinators need a nightlight.

 

[minifarmerct]

I found some night lites on the internet that use 5 amber leds that give off a warm yellowish
light they seem to like and as mentioned before leds run forever at little expense