Early February 2016 Hatch - Who's In?

Yeah!!! You just answered a nagging question for me and didn't even have to ask it.
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my husband wants them out in the baby coop (yes we will have a separate area just for the babies) as soon as possible. I was thinking 4 weeks but as soon as those chicks feather out I'll set up the outdoor lamp for crazy weather spurts and go from there. 2 weeks before hatch. Working on big birds 8'x8'x6.5' tall Barn. Not coop barn
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and until we get the privacy fence up they will play in a large 10'x10' run next to the 5'x10' area for the babies. Yes we are using hardware cloth not chicken mesh. We will also line the entire yard with 6" deep wire and skirt it out 1' all around. My mamma hen dog will patrol the outer yard and sloped cover will let them out during weather but keep them dry.

If, by "outdoor lamp" you mean a heat lamp, I wouldn't recommend it. There have been far too many fires as a result of heat lamps in chicken coops to consider it a viable option. Besides, chickens are highly unlikely to gather together in the middle of the floor overnight (they will huddle up against a wall or under things), and so such a lamp would end up being near a wall...and there is your potential fire hazard again.

Trust me when I say, if they are fully feathered, they will be fine without an additional heat source. Move them from the brooder to the baby coop as they are ready, they don't all have to go at the same time.

Otherwise, your setup sounds great!
 
I have chicks!!! Ahhh! So happy!

My bator doesn't have a window, it clear plastic but I'll try to post a pic. My 1st chic hatched in the middle of the night and then I came home from church to 3 more! Today is day 20 and I have 4 more eggs to go.
 
If, by "outdoor lamp" you mean a heat lamp, I wouldn't recommend it. There have been far too many fires as a result of heat lamps in chicken coops to consider it a viable option. Besides, chickens are highly unlikely to gather together in the middle of the floor overnight (they will huddle up against a wall or under things), and so such a lamp would end up being near a wall...and there is your potential fire hazard again.

Trust me when I say, if they are fully feathered, they will be fine without an additional heat source. Move them from the brooder to the baby coop as they are ready, they don't all have to go at the same time.

Otherwise, your setup sounds great!


Oh I know all to well the dangers of a heat lamp
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the first time my birds went out when we got them my husband burnt the tail feathers off one
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We were dealing with the aftermath of a small tornado that had flattened our coop and we had to build one half the size soooooo.... Yeah no heat lamps. I'm either going to buy one of those brooder lamps or set up a heat pad on some peet moss for them to huddle on. A small tree limb will give them the start of a roost as well. That's the idea. Suggestions?
 
I have chicks!!! Ahhh! So happy!

My bator doesn't have a window, it clear plastic but I'll try to post a pic. My 1st chic hatched in the middle of the night and then I came home from church to 3 more! Today is day 20 and I have 4 more eggs to go.


BABIES!!! Oh my goodness, I can't wait to see them!
 
Oh I know all to well the dangers of a heat lamp
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the first time my birds went out when we got them my husband burnt the tail feathers off one
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We were dealing with the aftermath of a small tornado that had flattened our coop and we had to build one half the size soooooo.... Yeah no heat lamps. I'm either going to buy one of those brooder lamps or set up a heat pad on some peet moss for them to huddle on. A small tree limb will give them the start of a roost as well. That's the idea. Suggestions?

Ok, question first, am I to understand that your DH wants to get them out of the house before they are fully feathered, or just as soon as they can survive outside? If it is former, you cannot go wrong with the Premier 1 Brooder Plates. If its the latter, do it without any electrical components.
 

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