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I'm a new chicken owner from Phoenix. Just got my chickens today (3: A Barred Rock, a Buff, and an Americauna), with plans to get a Rhode Island Red next week when some new chicks come in. I'm excited to be raising chickens in the city! They're outside in a chicken coop with a 250W bulb overhead (that bulb makes me a little nervous).

I just bought a new teeny home (905 square feet) with a huge back yard, so instead of traveling for my spring break (I'm a high school art teacher), I'll be checking on my chickens and pulling weeds!
 
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I'm a new chicken owner from Phoenix. Just got my chickens today (3: A Barred Rock, a Buff, and an Americauna), with plans to get a Rhode Island Red next week when some new chicks come in. I'm excited to be raising chickens in the city! They're outside in a chicken coop with a 250W bulb overhead (that bulb makes me a little nervous).

I just bought a new teeny home (905 square feet) with a huge back yard, so instead of traveling for my spring break (I'm a high school art teacher), I'll be checking on my chickens and pulling weeds!
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congrats on being a new chick mom and as far as the bulb goes i never use more than a 65 what indoor flood light also just remember make sure they dont get too hot or cold but keep their coop or brooder at 97 degrees for the first week or so then decrease it a few degrees as the weeks progress also just watch your chicks if they are huddled up directly under the light alot its too cool and if they are trying to get away from the light its too hot
 
You generally start with temp at 95 degrees for the first week of the chicks life, then lower it by 5 degrees every week till they are fully feathered out, or till you incubator temp equals you outside temperature.

When using a brooder light have it warm just half of the brooder so chicks can go to the warmest part or cooler - whatever makes them comfortable.

It's best to use a brooder light with a wire guard protecting the bulb and hang securely by two methods to keep it from falling.
 
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You might want to do some reading in our learning center her on BYC for lots of tips and hints on raising your new babies...

https://www.backyardchickens.com/atype/1/Learning_Center

Good luck with your new chicks and welcome to BYC!
 
Hello :frow and Welcome To BYC! Congratulations and Good Luck with your new chicks. X3 make sure your brooder light is securely attached, the clamps most of them have usually are not that secure, so be sure to use more than one method like drumstick diva said.
 

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