Better Hens and Gardens

The Buckeye chicks are 21 weeks old now; and are starting to look like real chickens.  We ordered 25 day-old chicks, received 30, lost two within the first three days; and the remaining 28 prospered.  I wrote about how we intended to raise them when they first arrived (see Raising Day-Old Chicks); but we learned a few things along the way. 

Temperature

For the first five weeks, the chicks were under a red, infrared lamp continuously to keep them warm.  But, because fall temperatures swung so drastically, adjusting the lamp to keep the temperature constant was a pain.  I checked the temperature [...]

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