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Hope your house buying goes well.
I hatch in the fall so if you are interested in Marans, Orpingtons, Blr Wyandottes or Coronation/split sussex, I might have some chicks, don't know yet because I'm going to Crossroads and will be taking chicks to sell there...
No silkies chicks yet, just starting out with them....but love them!
When do you hatch? Fall? What do you do with chicks in the winter? At what age do you stop the heat? I have a breed I would love to have and if I got them now they would start laying early.
A while back, I posted pics of my brooder & how it is in the winter. I hatch from October to June. I only use a regular light bulb for heat for the youngest chicks.
Here is a pic of my 3 tier brooder
I use a canvas tarp to wrap aroung the shelf unit & keep closed with plastic large clamps. They stay nice & warm out in my unheated barn. I use 2 lamps in each area in case one bulb goes out, the other one keeps the chicks warm.
I put the waterer near the lights so it doesn't freeze.
I have also used a large bin or water trough, with a piece of wood or dowl, holding up the light without anything else around it. They do fine as long as they can get under the light when they need to warm up.
