Many don't heat. We do though as we'll be having a few weeks of subzero temps and these are silkies. Some are frizzle so those and molting ones wouldn't make it otherwise.
We only heat the coops to 40°F and they can come outside if it's 20F or higher with little or no wind.
I have Kaytee Baby Parrot Feed Plus Fat for nursing sick/underweight silkies we've rescued. If you want to try that, pet stores and most Walmarts have it, as does Amazon and Chewy.
I mix a few teaspoons of that powder into triple the amount of crumbles, a raw egg yolk, a couple drops of...
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When your little cherubs get a couple of weeks old, you could take pictures and post them in our What Breed or Gender is This forum and folks will help identify them for you.
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Very nice. Bonus that you're not bending over to take care of the chicks.
Very functionable too. Needs a bit more information on how to build it if someone would like to make one.
Explained very well but doesn't show the end result. It's a great idea and nice job on the detail of building it. We need to see the end result though as in the mister at work.
This is a very nice and secure coop! Nice job! If someone wanted to build it though, they'd need more info such as measurements, supply list, and some instructions.