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  1. C

    Help! Brinsea Ecoglow Safety 600 too hot?

    I bought the Brinsea Ecoglow Safety 600 chick brooder and it arrived yesterday. The heat plate is much hotter than expected. I can't hold my fingers against it for more than a couple of seconds. Touching the plate reminds me of walking barefoot on very hot sand -- you can hardly stand to walk on...
    • CharlieBaby
    • Thread
    • brinsea ecoglow brooder brooder advice chicks dead chick ecoglow heat alternatives heat lamp heat plate heat plate height
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
  2. D

    Chick hatched 1.5 days before others

    Hi all! I had a chick hatch 1.5 days before the others, now followed by 6 others and now another is just coming! I know I cannot open the incubator while the one is hatching out and drying But I am wondering if there is any concern of the one who’s been now without food/water since hatching...
  3. TheChickenFanatic

    BROODER THREAD! Pictures of your brooder!

    BROODER THREAD! I'm interested in gleaning tips and ideas from other poultry owners on how you all set up your brooders, and what you use. Post some pictures of your brooders! I'd appreciate any advice that you all can give. ❤️
  4. BokBokGoose

    Ugh, I think my new Silkie Chicks have MG

    I’m pretty frustrated and going back and forth on what to do with them. I purchased these chicks locally just for fun to add to my existing large flocks including layers, and several breeding projects I’m working on. The chicks have been isolated 100% in a metal brooder in my basement since...
  5. K

    Should I take newborn chicks away from broody hen?

    Hi there! I have four eggs under my Silkie naked neck hen. I have her in the laying box and put a separating wall away from the rest of the flock. She hatched one yesterday and I moved the chick to a brooder box inside. Now she has hatched two more, so one more egg to hatch. I have read that...
  6. S

    Chicks for show and tell

    We’re getting our chicks on Friday and my daughter wants to bring them to school and the teacher has approved. A few questions: 1. How old should the chicks be before I bring them to school? 2. Can they be away from the heat for 90 minutes? 3. If I have to transport them with the heat, do I...
  7. Stock tank brooder with loft

    Stock tank brooder with loft

    This is my third time raising chicks, and I just moved from using a dog crate to a stock tank brooder. Though the ability to view and handle chicks from the side was a huge advantage, it was also a mess: hard to keep the shavings inside and very hard to clean, in my opinion. The main con of this...
  8. BoneyEggs

    Chick Camp ⛺️

    So our chicks outgrew our little brooder, so we discussed a little larger “brooder” so we sent our chicks camping. 😁 ⛺️ “Chick specific contraptions” $stupid $cost “3 person tent” about $30 +\- ****Note this is safely deployed in our garage**** Note: wood chips + chickens= needed air compressor...
  9. Chixmixopolis

    Bought the Boks!

    Hi all. Was around chickens when little (grew up in MT) but just started a backyard mixed flock in SW WA where we have 3 acres. (But also giant hawks, eagles, coyotes, wild dog packs, weasels, coons, etc so a larger run and a coop more than open free range unless we are out with them.) Focused...
  10. IvysAnimals

    Incubator Ideas and Chick Brooder - A Question For Bigger Breeders/Farmers

    Hello. I have a question for those who hatch a more significant amount of chicks/ducklings/goslings. What brand of incubator do you use? I am interested in purchasing an incubator that can hold 100+ eggs, I'm curious about what brand works for you guys. Second, what style of brooder do you have...
  11. piyo

    Raising chicks in the garage

    I stopped using the heat lamp and my 4-week old chicks now huddle/sleep under the brooder instead. Since there is no more heat lamp, there is no more constant light 24/7, so they now get the natural light that comes through the garage instead. Will this help them get accustomed to the day/night...
  12. S

    Brooder in winter

    I am wondering what y’all would recommend for brooding chicks artificially in the winter? What kind of brooder should I buy/make? I can put it in the coop so it’s draft-free, but I also want to make sure they are warm enough without a fire hazard. We got electricity there, so that’s not an...
    • SlyPsychic
    • Thread
    • brood box brooder brooding brooding artificial grass coop build broody chicks
    • Replies: 42
    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
  13. JohnsterSpacePoultrygram

    Our ducklings arrived today!

    So, our ducklings arrived today, and they're so cute! All 12 (3 males and 9 females) of them were alive when we picked up the box from the post office, so that was great as well! They've only been in the brooder for a few hours, and it already seems that they love their new home. Here's some...
  14. Lolaish

    Questions

    Question: Im ready to move them from brooder into guinea pig cage which 14in x 25in. They are week old now only four quail. My question is how do you clean out cage if they are flipping out? Do I remove them every time or just work around them? Planning to do the bedding method any tips of...
    • Lolaish
    • Thread
    • brooder cage cleaning quail smell
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Quail
  15. ebisu

    Feline Fresh Pellets and quail brooder

    Today I'm going to change the bedding in the brooder and clean it but I was wondering if it was safe to use Feline Fresh Pellet and mix it with pine shavings? It claims that it's "100% pure, southern yellow pine pellets." I've read on here that some users have mixed it with their chicken chicks'...
    • ebisu
    • Thread
    • baby quail bedding brooder pellet pine
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: Quail
  16. A

    HELP! SILKIE CHICK WITH PROBABLE WRY NECK! WHAT DO I DO? NEED HELP

    Does anyone know how to treat a chick with wry neck? We’ve got a silkie chick (probably a rooster) with wry neck. He is a about a week and a half old. He’s in the brooder with 7 other chicks do you have any advice on what I can do? What are the risks? Can he die from it? (I do not cull my...
  17. H

    A New Love Affair

    Has begun! I picked up my first chicks this afternoon. Sigh (of relief). I keep running into their room to check on them. They were loud at first (I figured they will need to get used to here vs. the store). Then I hurried to get their heat lamp set up. The thermometer in their room reads...
  18. C

    Sick chicken or healthy?

    I have 3 chicks out of 19 that are 7ish weeks old they each have this lump on their neck/chest/shoulder area. 🤷🏻‍♀️ I’m raising them to sell and I am concerned! Does anyone know what this is? Will it go away? Will the chicken die? Attaching pictures. Also the 3 with these lumps are different...
  19. E

    Moving Chicks to the Coop

    Is it too cold at night for my chicks in the coop? I have 20 chicks that were out growing their brooder. 16 of them are almost 6 weeks and 4 of them are almost 5 weeks. About half of them are bantams. I moved them to the new big coop we built, and the big girls are still in the old coop...
  20. creedatticus

    Chicks Scared of the Dark

    we have 2 silkies, an americana, and wyendotte, and a plymouth rock chicks, and they are in the brooder which is the bathtub. we have a fan that is connected to the light with the same light switch, which helps the air circulate. when we turn it off, and it is dark, they all freak out, and do...
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