Understand Brooder Requirements & Gather Supplies

alright let's get started now before we get our Birds there are a few things that we need to do to prepare for our Birds we need to get our brooder set up and we need to be able to keep these birds between 95 and 100 degrees for at least the first few days okay baby chicks aren't able to regulate their own temperature for a few days or even a few weeks after birth so we've got to keep them in a nice warm place now it's June the 15th or so right now so it's already gonna be like 85 degrees outside so we've got heat lamps we've got all kinds of good stuff but we may not even need those who may just be able to get our birds out into the Sun now you don't want to just sit them out in the Sun and bake them you want to have a place where they can find shade they can find warmth they can find cool okay so let's show you the things that we got from our hatchery right here I want to let you guys know that I'm not getting paid by my or hatchery to do this video they're a company that I believe in the health of their birds has always been great for me so I contacted them and we're gonna work in partnership to show you guys what you need to do to prepare for your birds and we'll walk you through this whole process in a video series so in order to get a good start with your birds you need to have a brooder area set up now there are several different ways you can do a brooder area Meyer hatchery has sent us some of this awesome synthetic straw matting and you can use that or you can use good old shavings right here now you can make a brood area this is a roll of cardboard that Meyer hatchery provides and you can basically just set a spot out in your garage or your barn or your carport and keep the birds confined into this little space until they're big enough to take outside now let's go over here and we'll show you our brood box and then we'll show you where we're going to put them when they go outside and we're going to use the shavings to get our brood box ready okay there are a few other things that you need and a few things that you might not need but we got here nice awesome you ready what so let's get in this box of stuff from meyer hatchery so you're gonna need a water err okay this is a heavy heavy duty water er that meyer hatchery sent us and that will help with our baby birds now you don't want this much space for your baby birds to get into and accidentally drowned because there used to be in a wet egg they want to be in a wet spot so they'll tend to get in…