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  1. K

    Brooder Temperature

    Would somebody check math?? 😉 I read this great article that has been my instruction manual, and my chicks are doing great! https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/how-to-raise-baby-chicks-the-first-60-days-of-raising-baby-chickens.47691/ So if I'm understanding correctly, the brooder temp...
  2. M

    Mixing Ages

    I need some guidance. I know it's standard advice to only mix chicks of a 2 week age gap.....that said I have one large sized brooder, in it are 17 - 2 and 4 week old chicks. I now have 12 hatchlings and I'd love if I could mix them and not divide up the space. I've raised up to 57 chicks at a...
  3. spiritpots

    Temporary run/coop queation

    I recently lost 6 of my 12 free range chickens to a predator attack so now have six new 3-week old chicks in a brooder in my house. I have a 140 sq. ft. secure run attached to my existing coop and plan to divide off half of it as a temporary run for the new chicks, which I'll move out in 3-4...
  4. RossAcres

    Helpful Information for New (and seasoned!) Chick Raisers!

    I attended a webinar yesterday on raising chicks properly. This was run by Jeff Maddox and Rip Stalvey. They are both experts in their fields. Jeff Maddox is a Nutritionist from Fertrell and Rip Stalvey is a retired APA judge. I took some notes during the webinar, so here you go! Brooding Baby...
    • RossAcres
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    • bedding brooder chicks duckling feed heat lamp heat plate heat source raising chicks waterfowl
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    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
  5. Apolinne

    lethargic chick, can't keep head up, what am I doing wrong ?

    Hello friends, Please help. What temperature should there be under a heating plate for 5 day old chabo chicks ? (My first time raising bantams) Here's what's going on: I brought home some Japanese bantam chicks yesterday. They were fine, didn't eat much, or drink much water, I figured they...
    • Apolinne
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    • baby chick baby chick 0-1 week old and up bantam brooder can't hold head japanese bantam
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    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
  6. Missceegee

    Built a new permanent Brooder

    I’ve built a couple of temporary brooders that have worked well for their purposes and times. Plastic tote for a few chicks, 4x4 notched plywood with HC lid to take apart and store flat when not in use, and most recently a couple of stacked 2x8s making a 10’x 6’ x 16” brooder with 3 large fold...
  7. N

    Do I have the heater plate set too high?

    So, hi! New here, new to chicks and chickens in general. We’ve had our chicks a week today. I think they are doing pretty good. A few of them have had pasty butt which I’ve been keeping cleaned up. My question is, do I have the brooder plate heater up to high? There are 3 height options, but the...
  8. lillykew

    2 week old Chicks not using heat at night

    Hello All! I have 3 chicks, 2 weeks old, who have been transitioned to a larger brooder box after being in a cardboard box for the first week. I made them a homemade heat plate with a metal cooling rack and an always on heat pad, and while they were in the cardboard box they used it all the...
  9. K

    Help With Garage Brooder - Arizona!

    I live in Arizona and have had chickens before but never as chicks! We have our first flock of chicks and they are currently in the garage because I have cats and small children so I don’t have a truly safe place for them that my kids won’t accidentally let the cats into. It was perfect for them...
  10. peachRN

    From a pack n play to a camping tent

    We have 10 three week old chicks that have been doing just fine in a pack n play brooder, but they're getting so big! I sent my husband an Amazon link to a tent and he said "hold on, I have a 3 person tent in the garage that I've only used once." Say less! I could easily fit several more birds...
  11. M

    Quail chicks jumping

    This is my first time owning cotournix quails, they're a little over a week old with their feathers coming in nicely, I'm starting to think the bigger calmer ones are female and the resident drama queen chirping one is probably a boy. As of recently, they have all started to get very jumpy and...
    • Mineko
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    • brooder brooder advice quail chicks
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    • Forum: Quail
  12. peachRN

    Pack 'n Play Brooder

    Has anyone use an old pack 'n play or playpen as a brooder? How did you cover it to avoid flyaways? We are done having babies and we have an old pack 'n play that we want to use. No sense in going out and buying a brand new brooder or building one if we can use what we already have. We're...
  13. A

    Mama hen heat pad method

    Hello! I set up my mama heating pad to get ready for my chicks. My heating pad is one someone else suggested in this group & I have it set on medium. I have a question. Near the bottom of the tunnel is only 74 degrees F (pictured). When I temp the upper portion, it's more like 88-89 (pictured)...
  14. CID6861

    chick brooder

    175.00 ......this is a new 4' x 4' wide x 2' tall base (add 12" for legs) brooder for baby chicks, ducks, game birds. constructed of 2x3 studs, 1/2 plywood, chicken wire, and butt hinges. this is made with storage in mind. comes completely apart and stack flat for next time. 12" off the ground...
  15. C

    Brooder surface temperature vs ambient temperature

    I am raising my very first set of 10 chicks this year in March. I built a brooder from a heating pad - making a little cave open at one end, a temperature sensor, and a relay to turn the heating pad on and off. I read that chicks should be kept at 95°F the first week, 90°F the 2nd, 85°the third...
  16. V

    Brooder Heat

    We have a radiant heat source (Ecoglow 600) and surrounding air temperature in the enclosure is between 70F and 80F. Do we also need a heat lamp to raise the ambient temperature to 95? What ambient temperature is ideal? We have 4, 2 day old chicks. Thank you.
  17. C

    Distressed duckling in brooder

    Hi everyone! I was hoping you could give me advice. My pekin duckling hatched yesterday in the early morning hours (it is now evening next day). The duckling is completely fluffy and dried so we tried to transition her to her brooder this morning. However, whenever I leave her alone in the...
  18. BitterSweetCitrus

    Help!! Raising Chicks with a Cat3/4 Hurricane Coming

    I hatched out 10 beautiful Button Quail Chicks 10/6 and have five eggs I’m waiting on in the incubator. I’m here is South Florida and we are nervously expecting Hurricane Milton to land this week. Luckily we will be on the out skirts, but I’m freaking out over possibly not having a heat source...
    • BitterSweetCitrus
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    • baby chick brooder button or coturnix button quail chicks disaster plan heating help hurricane
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Quail
  19. RossAcres

    Follow Along While I Raise Endangered Breeds

    Hello everyone! I have been slacking when it comes to posting on here. Life has just been ridiculously busy lately. I had to run a 5 day poultry show at the county fair. Now I'm back to a somewhat normal schedule again. But now for exciting news! I have acquired 2 new duck breeds! The reason I...
  20. M

    Keeping in Texas garage?

    Hi all! When I first got chicks two years ago I kept them in my house and I told myself I was never doing that again (the dust!). I’m in north Texas and our temps range from high 70s at night to high 80s/low 90s during peak of the day. I took temps thought the day in the garage and this is what...
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