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How to Raise Chicks |
| Author：admin Date：2010-11-01 20:25:36 |
Below is several things you need to follow Broodering box This can be as simple as a cardboard box. It needs to be tall enough to keep the chicks from jumping out. It needs to be large enough for a food dish, water dish and the chicks. Bedding
Something soft like pine shavings. These are sold in small bales at most farm stores and they are inexpensive.
Warmth
Chicks require warmth – lots of it.
They do not have true feathers until they are around 6-7 weeks old so cannot regulate their own temperature, so you must help them.
You can use a ‘Electric hen’heat plate.
Food Chicken food comes in a wide array of choices that can be confusing, so here’s the scoop. It is recommended that you feed your chicks the following:
0-8 weeks: 18-20% starter feed crumbles
8-14 weeks: 16-18% starter/grower
15-18 weeks: 16% finisher
18 weeks upward: 16% layer feed
Water
Water is essential to the wellbeing of all creatures, chicks are no exception. The water should be at Goldilocks temperature – not too hot, not too cold, but just right.
Hygiene
Whoever said ‘cleanliness is next to godliness’ never kept chickens. I have already told you that chicks are messy, so you get to be ‘room service’ for them!
It is imperative that their brooder area, feeder and waterer be kept clean. The poop needs to be removed daily, change litter as frequently as you need. Once it becomes wet, it must be changed.
Remember, the brooder is very warm, there is poop and it is wet – it is the perfect breeding ground for bacteria.
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