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They survived the trip and we disabled the heat lamp before we went. I am planning on moving them outside tomorrow night, so you dont need to worry about them because of the small brooder We turned up the heat before we left. They were fine while we were gone btw

They survived the trip and we disabled the heat lamp before we went. I am planning on moving them outside tomorrow night, so you dont need to worry about them exploding from too-small-brooder-iosis Thanks for your help btw ;)

This is not my first batch of chicks, its my 3rd that is alive atleast, there are countless batches I have had that we lost to predators before we got goats. We used this brooder for every batch of chicks we have had, and I am planning on moving them outside tomorrow night, they survived our...

Alright. I am planning on moving them to a small outside coop we have for our chicks soon after returning so the small brooder shouldn't be too much of a problem. And I only have 4 4-week-old chicks, so I think I should be fine. I will fill up their food and water as much as possible and give...

Could they survive me being away for 36 hours in it with full food and water and a fresh box though? I dont know if I could make a walmart run soon

Heres a picture of the brooder

Heres a photo of the brooder

I can go take some pictures in a minute, but I just sat down after running around a bunch and I dont feel like getting up lol. I will get some pictures in a little bit though

Alright, thanks!

We cant :(

I dont think we have a nipple waterer. Also I dont think we ever moved our chicks outside at 4 weeks before

We keep them in a recycling bin that we have kept all our other chicks in the we have gotten before. We never really had any issues with it except that they sometimes break out.

Brooder. We wait longer until moving them to a coop.

I have 4 chicks that will be 4 weeks old on Friday. I am planning on leaving on Friday Afternoon and returning home Saturday 4:00 PM. What should I do with my baby chicks? They poop up their water within an hour of me changing it, and the fact that the internet says chicks can die in 12 hours...

Thanks! :D I had fun making it!