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  1. C

    Brooder heating in garage question

    I just took home my 2 week old chicks yesterday. I set up their brooder in a large storage bin with a heat lamp on a stand in my garage. California weather is mild right now. I read they should be a good 85 degrees in there. Last night i adjusted the lamp to an exact 86 degrees (according to...
  2. Savannah.Tucker

    Wisconsin Winters

    Im new to chicken keeping. So far I love it, but I can't seem to shake one thought. I'm driving myself crazy thinking of how my chickens will handle their first winter. Or, more so how I will handle the thought of them being outside when I'm inside warm and cozy. It August, they are little right...
  3. peacockfeather

    Do I need a heat lamp?

    It's summertime and near 80 degrees indoors, where my ~2 day old chicks are currently staying. I was wondering if a heat lamp is even necessary? (I've offered warm, rice filled socks and haven't heard a peep being too cold since they've been out of the incubator (they were in there 24 hours))...
  4. SBmember

    Brooder heat plate confusion

    Brand new to chicks. Our chicks came in the mail yesterday at 3 days old after a 2 1/2 day trip, we have a fairly large brooder 3x4 1/2 roughly. 3 feet tall. It is a wooden crate with a hardwire cover, a premier heat plate in a corner, water dish with rocks, small feed dish, twigs/branches and a...
    • SBmember
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    • advice needed brooder chicks heat heat lamp new at this new chicks
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
  5. Savy Lyn's Farmhouse

    New Chicken Mom

    Hi! I will be getting my chicks the week of July 5th. Lavender Orpington, Buff Orpington, Barred Plymouth Rock, Golden Laced Wyandotte, Blue Ameraucana. I ordered all females because I am not allowed roosters where I live. I am getting everything I need for the brooder. My question is on the...
  6. K

    How to wing ducks from heat lamp? Need help

    I bought 2 magpie ducks and they have stayed in the house for the past three months with a heat lamp. I finally moved them to the shed but they won't sleep without the light. Is this normal? They stayed up all night quacking and slept all day. I put the light back in the shed they sleep all...
    • Kazjia
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    • ducks heat lamp
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: Ducks
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