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The first thing you will need to set up for your new chicks
is an incubator, and incubator is a controlled temperature box that
your chicks will be living in for around 21 days maybe more or maybe
less
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If you have ordered eggs from a long distance and are being
shipped to you by plane, train, boat, or have been through a long car
ride should be allowed to settle with the eggs fat side up in an egg
carton or something similar to one that will hold them steady, doing
this will help the inside of the egg settle because when they were
being shipped the contents inside the eggs would have shifted and
been shaken a little
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5 degrees F
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After you have set up the temperature you can use
a hygrometer, which is a thermometer that measures humidity you
can place in the incubator, the humidity should be around 45- 50%
throughout the 1-18 days then 16% for the last few days
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Once you have set up your eggs in the incubator you should take
a Non Toxic marker and on one side of the egg mark an X and on the
other side an O because you will be turning the eggs and this helps to
make sure they all get turned so that nothing bad happens to them
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Soon after an egg is laid, a small air bubble forms in the large end
under the shell, this air bubble separates the membrane and the mass of
the egg, this bubble moves around and takes away any stress or pressure
on the developing chick
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Chicks can survive on the yolk from their egg for
around three days once it has hatched
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You can buy a brooder or make your own out of wood, bins etc
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A 100-watt bulb is usually fine, though some people
use an actual heat lamp
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Once the chicks are in the brooder offer them water but since
chicks can be quite clumsy you should place some marbles at the bottom
of the water dish to prevent drowning, by placing the marbles in the dish
the chicks will be able to drink from small gaps in between the marbles and
if they do fall in the with not drown
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After the chicks have been in the brooder for around two days you
can offer them food, they may not go for it right away but eventually they

will, it just might take a while for them to know that they are supposed to
eat it
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If you start noticing that chicks start panting
or huddling in corners away from the light you know that the bulb is too hot
and if they are close to the bulb and all in one big clump they are to cold
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If you have not moved the heat lamp at all then
start doing that soon unless your chicks are really cold and need the heat a
still
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Its completely normal for chicks to still need the heat at this time
because sometimes you may not realize it but the climate might affect
them for example, if someone raised chicks in Florida it would be a much
warmer climate then Alaska so the chicks in Florida might not need the
brooder as long as the ones in Alaska
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Playtime is great for chicks they are very curious and react to many
things so playtime is essential
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You should
ALWAYS keep a very close eye on your chicks (if you have many maybe do
not bring them out all at once) because chicks are extremely fast and can
fit in tiny spaces that a human’s hand probably couldn’t fit in
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Many chicks bond with there owner which is one of the first things
they do in life, they usually bond with something and since chicks in an
incubator do not have there mother around they choose a new one, usually
the person who takes care of them, this is called imprinting
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Suryia and Roscoe both
grew up with each other without a mother so they adopt a new mother or
best friend that they will usually protect or help in dangerous situations
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If there were to be a chick that really bonded
with a cat and all of a sudden the chick lost its vision and was not able to
see where it was going, if the cat and the chick had a very good bond the
cat would probably lead the chick around and help it not run into things
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The brooder gets modified once the chicks get older, once they
reach the age of 5-8 weeks old they will start to develop their feathers,
(sadly they don’t stay little balls of fur forever!) that is when they will start to
need the heat lamp less and less
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You can also start to create a little area that doesn’t really get effected by
the heater so if they are still too hot and your not there to move it for them
they can go into the cool space of the brooder
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Chicks are baby chickens and grow
into a full adult once they are half a year to a full year sometimes it could
take longer depending on the chickens breed and its health
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Chickens usually live together in flocks that usually consist of a
minimum of three birds
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Hatching a chicken egg usually takes up to twenty-one days or more
for the eggs to hatch the chick would first come out of its shell with wet
feathers that are all bunched together and they will dry off quite quickly but
may take longer to fluff up
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✹ Marbles
✹ Brooder and heat lamp



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