Raising baby chicks in the winter?

[texgardengal]

Ok. Good info. I was worried they would wander away and get lost. I gave heard chicks can drown in a very small amount of water. I have the typical big bottle that is inverted over a dish. Is that too big for them?

 

[centrarchid]

Should be fine with respect to watering.

 

[texgardengal]

Great. Thanks for your help!

 

[donsgirl67]

Well, my chicks are now 3 weeks old and I did learn one thing..I will not do this in te house again, but the garage. What a mess, but tney are so sweet. Will be moving to the garage as soon as they are fully feathered.

 

[suewtsn]

I can't for the life of me figure out how to post my own thread so I am hoping to piggy back.
I have a hen that is sitting on nine eggs right now and I wonder at what point should I bring the eggs inside or should I just let them hatch and see what happens? It is stupid cold here but they are in an insulated coop that gets to -10 celcius. Never been down this road and wondered if she will take care of them and keep them warm?? Isn't that what nature would do? I have a heat lamp but hate using it and haven't even in minus 40 weather. It stays warm in there. If I just let her deal with them, what are their chances? If I intervene, do I have to feed them the first week? Lost.
They are likely fertile eggs by the way. Three Roos in there. Which makes me wonder, will they hams the babes?

 

[kim10261]

how did your baby chicks do last winter,I was researching for the same answer because October 28th I will be getting 25 one day old babies,all heavy breed chickens
and they will be 2 months old at the end of December,just when winter really kicks in here in Hot Springs Arkansas,did you put a red light/heat lamp out for them,I really am not wanting them cooped up in a small area until spring,

 

[jkraze]

We had ours in a large brooder box in our garage, and it got very dusty in their. (It sucked not having my workbench.) We kept them warm with an infra-red heat lamp mounted above the box lid.

 

[kim10261]

do you think if I had them in a coop made from wood and their run was sealed in plastic wrap or vinyl showers curtains and an infa red lamp,at 2 months and fully feathered they would weather ok,i am getting buff orpingtons and they are suppose to be able to handle cold weather

 

[jkraze]

As long as winter this years isn't as brutal as last, I think they'll be okay. Just be very careful with heat sources like the infra-red lamp. It needs to be mounted away from any combustible surfaces. Buff Orps feather out nicely, and they should be okay in the cold.

 

[kim10261]

thank you,i live in hot springs Arkansas and we really do not have much of a winter...snow today gone tomorrow winters,once in a while we will have a "winter",last year we had snow that lasted about a week...lows in the mid teens,this is my 1st winter for my chickens,i wanted some more hens I bought 6 baby chicks in april 3 turned out to be roosters so my plan was to have more hens by spring