We have used this setup for the last half dozen years and I havnt used a thermometer since the first year. That may not be a very good plan ,I am going to put one back in there. But on a positive note no dead chicks this morning and they all seem super active and healthy. So we lost 8 Wednesday...
Wednesday 4/3 our ring neck chicks from Murray McMurray came and we put them in the brooder which is a 2’ x6’ x 2’ tall stock tank in our garage. It is lined with news paper now and is sitting on insulated pads not directly on the concrete we have chick booster in their water which is our well...
We have a bronze turkey chick and a Delaware chick apprx 1 week old. This morning we noticed some poop stuck on their butts, so we quarantined them from the rest of the flock after cleaning them up we noticed their butts were red , swollen , and inflamed. Does anyone know what could be wrong...
This is the tractor I have been working on for the polish chicks. The first pic shows the inside of the coop part. It is 3ft wide x 4ft long. Still need to add the roost, on the floor I used corrugated vinyl the kind you use under runner capets. It is hard to cut had to use shears, to clean...
Do you have fake eggs in the nest boxes! They may need to be reminded where to lay. You need to take the spot away that they are laying in now. Use wood at an angle or something that they cannot get inside or on top of. It is no fun crawling around to collect eggs I'm sure. . Good luck!