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Ongoing Care & Transition to Mobile Coop Structure

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Raising Chickens Series: Preparing the brooder..picking up the baby birds!

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What happens here

Regularly monitor the chicks' behavior to ensure they are comfortable; adjust the heat lamp's height if they appear too hot or cold. Gradually reduce the brooder temperature by about 5 degrees Fahrenheit each week as the chicks grow and their ability to self-regulate temperature improves. Maintain strict hygiene by frequently cleaning the brooder and replacing soiled bedding to keep the environment dry and healthy. Replenish food and water consistently. As the chicks reach around two weeks of age, they can be introduced to a mobile chicken coop, a portable garden structure that allows them to forage on fresh grass and naturally fertilize different areas of your lawn or garden through rotational grazing. Plan to build or acquire another mobile coop if the flock size requires more space as they grow.

Goal: Provide continuous care and monitoring for the chicks in the brooder, and prepare for their eventual transition to a mobile outdoor coop.

Tools and materials

  • Brooder
  • Cleaning Supplies
  • Fresh Bedding
  • Heat Lamp
  • Mobile Chicken Coop
  • Thermometer
  • Chick Food Unspecified
  • Water Unspecified

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well guys you can see the birds are eating and drinking and doing great everybody survived the trip everybody did well now while they're eating and drinking you know what's next they're gonna be pooping so we got to keep a close eye and keep our brooder nice and clean we'll be introducing the chicks to a second brooder once they get a little bit bigger probably after four or five days we'll split them up a little bit and then eventually we'll take them to the mobile coop outside so thanks a lot guys for watching the channel today be sure and pound that like button and be sure and use our specialized link down there to get to my err hatchery okay that's a great way you can show your appreciation for this video subscribe to the channel click the little bell icon down there now notify when we post a new video and you'll get to see a lot more stuff like this so thanks a lot guys be sure and use my link to my our hatchery and we'll see you next time on Stoney Ridge farm all

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