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I want to be a businessman, and I feel like this is what I need in my life. I mean, a chick farm is not something that is easy to handle, but it sounds great. I need to start doing things that will allow me to make progress like nothing before. I want to start a company that can help me provide for my family. It is not going to be easy, that is for sure, but it is what I want to do.

I read everything I could get my hands on before my first chicks arrived, only to learn ultimately that caring for baby chicks is not complicated after all. All chicks need to thrive is a caring chicken keeper with safe, warm housing, the proper food and clean water.

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All brooders should be capable of being covered to keep chicks inside and unwanted guests such as well-intentioned family pets out. Even very young chicks can escape from an uncovered brooder. I rest a spare piece of hardware cloth on top of my brooders beginning in week two. While this is adequate to keep chicks from escaping, a more secure method would be needed to keep pets out.

BROODER LOCATION

The brooder must be in a draft-free location with access to electricity to supply a safe source of warmth. Ideally, the brooder will be located in a room with a window to allow chicks the benefit of natural day/night conditions.

The puppy pad keeps the brooder protected from water spills and the paper towels provide traction for stable footing. Paper towels should be changed frequently. Newspaper should never be used as flooring; it is not absorbent, which can expose the chicks to conditions ripe for disease, and newspaper is very slippery, which can cause spraddle leg.

This puppy playpen makes a fantastic brooder for baby chicks. In this photo, 6 of my adult chickens traveled with me to film a television show, but the playpen is an excellent brooder space for chicks too. The top zips closed to keep flying peeps inside. I do not recommend using a heat lamp at all, but especially not with a cardboard box or canvas playpen.

When conditions become overcrowded, filthy, wet and warm from traditional heat lamps, coccidiosis can thrive. These types of unhealthy conditions are significantly less likely to occur with pet chickens than they are with commercial poultry operations, but backyard chicken keepers should be vigilant nonetheless. Chicks slowly build up a natural immunity to the organisms that cause coccidiosis with or without medicated starter. Allowing chicks to build up an immunity in clean, dry conditions will serve them well when they are ready to head out to the big kid coop.

Brood very young chicks tag_hash_109______ where temperatures are at least 60F. Very little supplemental heat will be required to get chicks comfortable in a room that is 60-70F, particularly after the first three days after hatching.

Watch and listen to baby chicks: if they are cheeping unhappily in the brooder or are huddled together while awake, they are cold, stressed or lost. Adjust the brooder size, location or room temperature accordingly. There is no need for a thermometer, just common sense. Noisy chicks are unhappy chicks.

Happy chicks are quiet chicks. Content chicks will be dispersed throughout the brooder, happily going about their business. When they are too warm, they may pant and stay far away from the heat source. When they huddle together underneath the heat source or cheep noisily, they are not warm enough. When they huddle together away from the heat source, there is a draft coming from the opposite end of the brooder. Check for drafts and adjust temps when necessary.

HEAT LAMP ALTERNATIVES

There are much safer alternatives to heat lamps and I highly encourage chicken-keepers to consider them. I have written about the potential hazards of heat lamps and a safe alternative in this article. I own several EcoGlow brooders and will never use a heat lamp again. The EcoGlow is infinitely safer and more energy efficient than a heat lamp and performs more like a mother hen. The chicks spend remarkably little time underneath the EcoGlow after the first few days, which indicates to me that chicks are routinely overheated with traditional heat lamps, the warmth of which they cannot fully escape. The EcoGlow must be used in a space with an ambient temperature of 50F, but beyond that, there is NO NEED to measure the brooder temperature with a thermometer. The chicks will use the EcoGlow when necessary.

I cannot stress enough that the priority in keeping chicks warm should be safety Heat lamp parts can loosen, chicks can fly and knock into them, lamps can fall, get knocked over and swing into flammable objects; they can also shatter from a single drop of water. If using a heat lamp, secure it in several different ways, anticipating the failure of any one and keep it clear of anything flammable.

This day old chick hatched with spraddle leg, also known as splayed leg. Two of the five most common conditions to watch for in baby chicks are spraddle leg and pasty butt. The other three can be found here.

If several chicks develop pasty butt after a few days in the brooder, it may be too hot and the temperature should be adjusted. According to The Chicken Health Handbook, to remedy pasty butt, feed scrambled eggs with some of their starter feed and if it clears things up, switch brands of feed after that. Always provide grit to baby chicks when supplementing their diet with any food other than starter ration. Grit can be sand, a clump of weeds with the root ball/dirt attached or grit that is sold in the feed store near the poultry feed bags and online. 2351a5e196