vdunn
In the Brooder
Hi Everyone,
My girls are between 5-6weeks old and I think I am babying them with heat, food, and light. Please excuse the appearance of the brooder since I just got home. The girls still like to huddle under the heat lamp at times and are in the garage. Sometimes I find them roosting away from the heat and puffballs. The thermometer is 80-85 degrees under lamp. I really want to move them to the coop but it doesn't have electricity. They appear to have sufficient feathers. Temp outside 50's-low 70's day and 50's at night. In New Jersey. Should I start by turning off the lamp in brooder at night leaving them in garage? I feel like they have no sense of Day and Night and eat and drink all the time. Or should I run electricity and put lamp in coop as they adjust? Do I also keep food and water in the coop or just the run? Sorry lot's of questions.Please any advice would be great!! Thanks in advance ,
Vicki
My girls are between 5-6weeks old and I think I am babying them with heat, food, and light. Please excuse the appearance of the brooder since I just got home. The girls still like to huddle under the heat lamp at times and are in the garage. Sometimes I find them roosting away from the heat and puffballs. The thermometer is 80-85 degrees under lamp. I really want to move them to the coop but it doesn't have electricity. They appear to have sufficient feathers. Temp outside 50's-low 70's day and 50's at night. In New Jersey. Should I start by turning off the lamp in brooder at night leaving them in garage? I feel like they have no sense of Day and Night and eat and drink all the time. Or should I run electricity and put lamp in coop as they adjust? Do I also keep food and water in the coop or just the run? Sorry lot's of questions.Please any advice would be great!! Thanks in advance ,
Vicki