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I've got one of those infamous dumb questions you always hear people talking about. I finally couldn't take it anymore. The German Shepherd sized bowel movements my broody was having in the brooder was just too much stench to handle and also i was down to only 2 laying hens so i needed her back in the egg laying rotation. So anyways broody went back to the coop with the other birds. Now finally to get to the question. My brooder is in my garage. Now keep in mind it is spring in Georgia and my garage is uninsulated. Now the chicks are entering week 3 of life which would mean approximately 80-85*. My garage stays consistently between 75-90 no matter what the case may be. Is there even a point in having a lamp or just keep fresh food, water and shavings and let them do their thing?
 
CliffB said:
I've got one of those infamous dumb questions you always hear people talking about. I finally couldn't take it anymore. The German Shepherd sized bowel movements my broody was having in the brooder was just too much stench to handle and also i was down to only 2 laying hens so i needed her back in the egg laying rotation. So anyways broody went back to the coop with the other birds. Now finally to get to the question. My brooder is in my garage. Now keep in mind it is spring in Georgia and my garage is uninsulated. Now the chicks are entering week 3 of life which would mean approximately 80-85*. My garage stays consistently between 75-90 no matter what the case may be. Is there even a point in having a lamp or just keep fresh food, water and shavings and let them do their thing?
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Haha! I've got the same situation. I put anything over 3 weeks old in the big brooder without a light. They seem to be ok. The younger ones I still have under the light although they are getting further and further away from the light, so I am thinking they may be ready to go to the bigger brooder soon.....that is if I have any left! Got someone coming to get most of the chicks tomorrow!
 
For the first week they stayed wrapped up in mamas wings. For the last week or so they seem to always just be walking around the brooder avoiding being too close to mom. They seem very content with the temperature in the brooder without mom and i cannot possibly imagine turning on the lamp and it not reaching triple digits.
 
CliffB said:
For the first week they stayed wrapped up in mamas wings. For the last week or so they seem to always just be walking around the brooder avoiding being too close to mom. They seem very content with the temperature in the brooder without mom and i cannot possibly imagine turning on the lamp and it not reaching triple digits.
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I wouldn't worry about it during the day just watch the temp at night you may have to turn on the light for night time, that is what I do with my babies that are almost in the big baby box.
 
So what happened to the chick that didn't want to come out of the shell?




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I'm in 70's daytime and upper 50's to 60's at night. My keepers in the chickhouse were (5) 5 week old RIR and (1) 2 week old female BLP in the same brooder. Due to panting the light was off during the day then eventually at night too because they were sleeping away from the heat. All were moved out to the coop right at the 2 week mark for the BLP. I worried the first night but all were up on the roost in the open-front enclosure section the next morning! Happy as can be in the new digs and the BLP chick is almost fully feathered at not quite 3 weeks. Don't worry, with yall's weather momma would hardly be on them outside too
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