Just spoke for some chicks....advice please??
Just spoke for some chicks....advice please??
I just spoke for 5 blue ameraucana chicks that are 5-6 weeks old. He sent 2 photos of them, one fully feathered and another that still has quite a bit of fluff. I do not have a heat lamp, but I do have an insulated (but not heated) tack room to put them into. I was thinking they will be OK in a wire dog crate if I give them a box to go into and crowd together at nights. Night temps supposed to get as low as 9C. Does this sound feasible or do I need to do more?
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Farrier1987
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Re: Just spoke for some chicks....advice please??
Mostly a guess on my part, but I think they should be ok. If you put shavings farily deep (6in?) so they do not lose heat from below, they should be ok. Good luck with it.
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Killerbunny
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Re: Just spoke for some chicks....advice please??
Find out if they have any heat ATM because you don't want to give them a harsh transition which could stress them in addition to the stress from a move. They won't need a lot at this point though.
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