Supply list HELP

[Chickens? WOW]

I am going shopping for all of my supplies tonight and heres my list is their anything alse I need?

Shavings- I have some shredded office paper.
Medicated chick feed starter
85 watt red bulb
heat lamp stand- whatever just to help install
thermoniter
waterer
feeder- part of an egg cartan
CHICKS!- not getting those tonight

Please help me think of any other needfull thing. Thanks in advance.

 

[SmartyChick]

seems good to me. Enjoy your baby chicks.

Edited to add, I'm just assuming you have a brooder right??

 

[MN Chicken]

I'd use pine or aspen shavings instead of newspaper. Newspaper is going to be messy, both with moisture and the ink rubbing of on chicks.

 

[chickpip]

Chickens? WOW :

I am going shopping for all of my supplies tonight and heres my list is their anything alse I need?

Shavings- I have some shredded office paper.
Medicated chick feed starter
85 watt red bulb
heat lamp stand- whatever just to help install
thermoniter
waterer
feeder- part of an egg cartan
CHICKS!- not getting those tonight

Please help me think of any other needfull thing. Thanks in advance.

If your waterer isn't a quail waterer i'd reccomend putting marbles in the water because they will more than likely fall asleep in the water and could drown. Also, I would start them on paper towels them move them to Aspen Bedding or Pine shavings- Aspen bedding is better in my opinion and you can get it at the pet store I believe. NEVER cedar.. It will kill them pretty darn fast. I've never done the egg carton feeder.... Let me know how it works.. it's cheaper than buying feeders haha. GOOD LUCK! PICS when they arrive?​

 

[WoodlandWoman]

I also like to have an eye dropper or feeding syringe around, in case shipped chicks are in bad shape and need to be revived. You can use it to give them drops of sugar water. If you're getting strong chicks from a local source, then you probably won't need it. Sometimes I've used electrolytes, too.

 

[NattiFan]

I'm assuming your 85 watt red light is your heat lamp? Is 85 watt going to be enough? Where are you going to have your brooder? Mine is in the basement which holds at about 55 to 60 degrees (the temp in the basement, not the brooder) and I have two 250 watt heat lamps hanging in my brooder. Mine are a week old today and I just raised up the lamps this evening. I may be concerned that the 85 watts isn't going to be enough? I may be way off here......but good luck to you! can't wait to see pics!