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| schoolmama |
Posted - Aug 09 2011 : 8:50:40 PM
This is only the second time we've raised meat chicks,and last time was during the early spring.
We had some really warm weather a few weeks ago, but now it's in the 70's during the day ,and cooler at night. I suppose we need the heat lamp on them? how far away does it need to be? |
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| Dusky Beauty |
Posted - Aug 10 2011 : 09:10:12 AM
I'd keep it on one side of the brooder and let the chicks show you if it's too hot or not. If they're crowding under it, they need the heat (turn it up) if they're far away from it to stay cool turn it down. If they're all over the brooder with some sleeping, some eating, some walkin around then it's the right temp.
I got my first batch of poultry (ducks, hardier than chickens keep in mind)in early july when it was in the 110s out and I still needed heat on them inside. I don't have a lamp but I put a large flat electric heating pad under the box to warm it from the bottom up (I've used plastic tote bins and cardboard boxes for a brooder) I started it on high, and turned it to medium after a few days, then I kept it on low or shut it off during the day until a little over 2 weeks.
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| sherrye |
Posted - Aug 10 2011 : 07:03:49 AM
if they are new chicks they need to be very warm. if they get chilled they get paste butts. so only in the very start of their life they need heat. its like they are under their mama. off in day maybe and on at night when it cools outside. just a thought. sherrye
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| farmmilkmama |
Posted - Aug 09 2011 : 8:55:25 PM
Congrats on the new chicks! I'm kind of out of practice with new babies. We just got older chicks here a couple weeks back but they were 1-3 weeks old already when we got them. We got them the week it was near 100 here and we didn't have any heat lamp on them and they were fine. But someone else might have a different suggestion... :)
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