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Setting up a Brooder
A brooder is a warm, draft-free environment to replace a mother hen’s body heat. You can buy a commercial brooder, but it is cheap and easy to assemble one from materials on hand (a large cardboard box will
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The brooder must have a heat source. Any lamp with 100- to 250-watt bulbs will work for about a dozen
chicks. Or you can buy a special brooder heat lamp or use small electric heating elements. For temperature
control, lamps can be raised or lowered. The closer the lamp is to the floor, the warmer the air at the chicks’
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— usually 18 inches or so, as recommended by the manufacturer.
Another option is a “hover,” a boxlike structure of metal or plywood, suspended a few inches above the
brooder floor and containing a heat source. The chicks retreat under the hover to warm up, or range for feed,
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The standard recommendation is that brooder temperature be maintained at 95 degrees Fahrenheit for the
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bugs, the temperature is “just right.” Of course, like all babies, they need to sleep a lot, so don’t worry if you
see individuals immobile on the litter.
The brooder must prevent direct drafts (which would chill the chicks) but allow fresh air to circulate
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Cover the bottom of the brooder with loose, absorbent material such as straw, wood shavings (kiln-dried,
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open waterers in the brooder. Chicks splashing in-Advertisementwater may chill and die. Use a waterer with a restricted
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Commercial chicken feeds are usually sold in three formulations: a high-protein, medicated chick “starter;”
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One of the best ways I can think of to use up extra eggs is to
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