IM I a bad owner

[Sam208]

My 26 RIR are still going. They are 8 days old today and I tryed to rasieing the light it a red heat it 250 watt (to hot) to start with.

Any way i move it about 8 inches up and the chicks started to pile on top of each other so i put it back were it started

IM goin to try to move the to the chicken house next monday take the light with them. Will I need a brooder pen in there since there are no other chickens to bug the chicks? I was just goin to let them have the run of the house. I just wasnt going to put them out in the pen intill they were little bigger.

thanks sam

 

[Emzyyy]

I would just let them have it.

 

[Emzyyy]

and no how is that being a bad owner?

 

[Sam208]

I dont know it just seems mean to put 13 day old chicks outside in the house all by thier self.


thanks sam

 

[Goose and Fig]

They should be fine as long as it's warm where you live- but make sure there are no holes they can squeeze out of. I tried putting our poults in their new coop last year- they squeezed right through the welded wire of the yard.

 

[Sam208]

I have 2x4 weld wire to on my pen. I just wasnt goin to let them out in they were bigger.

sam208

 

[Chicken Girl]

I had my chicks in the coop with a lamp from day one! But i cant do that now cuz i have big hens! LOL You are not a bad owner!!!! OK


LOL
Chicken Girl

 

[Sam208]

thanks for all of the post I will be glad to get them outa my and in to their house.


sam

 

[Gonzo]

I hope you don't think you're a bad owner! Those babies will have a blast in there! I say go for it!

 

[maizie]

You know when you can't keep up with their pooping and its getting stinky then its time to go to the Big House!

I really need to build a brooder house but my last bunch of chicks stayed in my bathroom for two l-o-o-o-o-g weeks.