How much time?

farmercharlie

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How much time is required to watch day old chicks in a brooder? Do you constantly watch the chicks the first few days or do you look in every few hours?

I want to locate a brooder in the chicken house but I could put the brooder in the back porch if a lot of time is required to "babysit".

Charlie
 
I liked "babysitting"!
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Thought is was soo much fun to watch them! I kept mine in a little rubbermaid storage tub in my sunroom. This way I could peek in on them and not have to go out in the cold. Plus you can see if they are warm enough at all time. Have FUN!
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Blessings,Keri
 
I checked on mine probably ten, maybe twenty times a day for the first week. Less often after that. They were in an outbuilding at the time. DH set me up a block below the window of the shed so I could check on then thru the window and not be opening the door and letting in cold air each time.
 
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Oh, Charlie, Charlie.... "Required" babysitting time is probably every 3 hours or so. "Desired" time is about the same number of occasions, only the length of each session is about 90 minutes.
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How can you NOT watch them???
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I just looked at your website and if your office is as nice and neat as your garden, coop, etc. then can I assume that keeping the chicks in your office doesn't create a mess? (I'm a newbie so I get to ask stupid questions and stalk people, right?)
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Charlie.."Hence the word Mother Hen"!!! Now you know what your in for! Congrats on becoming a first time paranoid Mama!
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