Hi everyone, I’m a newbie too! We currently have 10, six day old chicks. 2 RIR, 2 Ameracaunas, 2 Barred Rocks, 1 Delaware and 1 SLW. I’m in love ! So, this morning I mixed up some chick grit in with their starter mash. Gave them some mashed up boiled egg yolk and they were not interested. They...
Update on heat lamp.... I GOT RID of it and upgraded to the Ecoglow20. I love it! I feel at ease now that the chicks aren't over heating and I'm not worrying about burning my house down. Thanks for all the advice everyone!
Hi everyone, my family and I just got 10 baby chicks yesterday. We are so excited! We have a brooder box all set up with water, food and a heat lamp and they all seem really happy and content. Although, my question is, we live in California and the temp outside is around 95 degrees. I have the...