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Things You'll Need
- Brooder
- Brooder lamp with 250 watt red bulb
- Thermometer
- Pine shavings
- Chick waterer
- Chick feeder
- Starter chick food
Instructions
Add a layer of fresh pine shavings to the floor of brooder enclosure.
Hang the brooder light over the center of brooder and turn it on.
Place a thermometer on the floor of brooder and check the temperature. The temperature should read 95 degrees Fahrenheit. If not, adjust the brooder lamp until the brooder is a constant 95 degrees Fahrenheit, at the center of the brooder.
Fill chick feeder with chick food and place water into the chick waterer. Install both in the brooder.
Add chicks.
Reduce heat by 5 degrees Fahrenheit each week, by raising the brooder lamp a little higher.
Move the chicks to a coop and turn off the light, once the temperature of the brooder is down to 70 degrees Fahrenheit.