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[Cynthia12]

Sorry tntchix.

Does anyone have an outside set up for brooders? I have some week old chicks and some two week old poults and I need to move them outside.

I had a terrible spell last night after going in to then the chicks that I may have to give up raising them. I don't want to by I could not get any air in my lungs and collapsed and just felt as weak as a limp noodle. It really scared me and DH.
I would appreciate any ideas.

Doctor!

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Sorry tntchix.

Does anyone have an outside set up for brooders? I have some week old chicks and some two week old poults and I need to move them outside.

I had a terrible spell last night after going in to then the chicks that I may have to give up raising them. I don't want to by I could not get any air in my lungs and collapsed and just felt as weak as a limp noodle. It really scared me and DH.
I would appreciate any ideas.

Except for NYD hatchalongs, all the chicks here are brooded outdoors. I may even quit the NYDs just for that reason.
Too much of a hassle to get the boys and girls photostimulated and the hassle of chicks in the cellar.

For larger groups of chicks or extremely cold weather, Ohio brooders with ceramic heat emitters in place of heat lamps. Size them for the ambient temperature. A low temp alarm thermometer is useful since you can't look at the emitter and know it is on.
A hen doesn't heat all the ambient air, she just makes a warm spot.



Outside of building



Inside of building




When it's not that cold out, just a single emitter.




Chicks aren't that fragile and if enough of them, they may not even need heat.




Also, I never do any work in coops that can stir dust without a dustmask. Whether that's catching chickens, mucking out or moving feed bags.

Woman here in upstate NY broods her chicks outside, not sure of her setup. She had a heatlamp blow and lost all her creamlegbars. Someone suggested those ceramic heat emiter bulbs and said they don't blow. Me personally I don't have chicks until I know I can brood them inside and once they start feathering out it is warm enough for them to go outside. Problem with that though is they don't begin to start laying until winter hits, eggs are few and your feeding them all winter for random eggs.

When it's extremely cold, there has to be 2 heat sources for very young chicks in case one goes out during the night.

 

[Beer can]

I think someone mentioned that also, use two.

 

[tntchix]

Except for NYD hatchalongs, all the chicks here are brooded outdoors. I may even quit the NYDs just for that reason.
Too much of a hassle to get the boys and girls photostimulated and the hassle of chicks in the cellar.

For larger groups of chicks or extremely cold weather, Ohio brooders with ceramic heat emitters in place of heat lamps. Size them for the ambient temperature. A low temp alarm thermometer is useful since you can't look at the emitter and know it is on.
A hen doesn't heat all the ambient air, she just makes a warm spot.



Outside of building



Inside of building




When it's not that cold out, just a single emitter.




Chicks aren't that fragile and if enough of them, they may not even need heat.




Also, I never do any work in coops that can stir dust without a dustmask. Whether that's catching chickens, mucking out or moving feed bags.


When it's extremely cold, there has to be 2 heat sources for very young chicks in case one goes out during the night.

I really need to make this more of a habit than just when cleaning or hanging out in coop. Good reminder, and again, I like your setup.

 

[Cynthia12]

I really need to make this more of a habit than just when cleaning or hanging out in coop. Good reminder, and again, I like your setup.

I agree..:/ sadly, my son is coughing after having cleaned out the run for me today. No mask. He was just getting over that cough. It really isn't good to breath that in..not good. :/

 

[tnspursfan09]

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

 

[tnspursfan09]

Or go to the grocery store to buy something, come out with a dozen items, only to get home and discover I forgot to get what I went for in the first place.

I go to TSC to buy feed and come out with things that I need to feed.

 

[Wisher1000]

Okay, all you smart Old Folks, I need a math problem done. I know that the outside angles of a triangle must add up to 180o and that if the sides are all the same length the angles have to be 60o, but what are the angles of the cuts that I have circled in red? I am building my triangles out of 2x2 lumber and each side will be between 48" and 50" (yet to be determined.) I am building supports for 50" cattle panels in a trianglular tube. I plan to use this as a grow-out pen for juveniles.

 

[bamadude]

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