DirtPatchFarmer
In the Brooder
I know i'm new to BYC but I HAVE to share this. I've done A LOT of research. I mean A LOT. Every accessible website I can get on, and from what I can tell, the general consensus is that chickens (baby chicks, chicks, pullets, cockerels, hens, rooster, you name it) ARE DUMB. NO! That is by far the most ignorant thing I've read. "Don't have a square brooder they'll get stuck." "Don't have flaps they'll freeze." NO! They are wild a$$ animals. They've survived since the good Lord put them on this Earth for us. They will figure it out. My heat lamp bulb blew in the middle of the night last night and when I woke up this morning at 04 for work the temp in the brooder was 53°, all my chickies were huddled together to stay warm. Not a single one was lost off in where-ever-the-heck corner as messed up as a soup sandwich. I put the only bulb I had on hand, a 120 watt twirly bulb, in the warmer, got home at a little after 1800 and it was 68°, my chickies were FINE. We're not beating nature by raising chicks ladies and gents; we're merely curbing the mortality rate. If you've got chicks, help them stay warm, feed them and water them, nature will do it's own thing.
And a side note on that little episode; I got home and noticed a SIGNIFICANT change in the amount of feathers my chickies had after they had to be "cold" for a day. Nature took over and said nope, eff death, have some help *feather growth*!
If you don't agree or have had a different experience I'm sorry, but that's my two cent!
And a side note on that little episode; I got home and noticed a SIGNIFICANT change in the amount of feathers my chickies had after they had to be "cold" for a day. Nature took over and said nope, eff death, have some help *feather growth*!
If you don't agree or have had a different experience I'm sorry, but that's my two cent!