brooder temperature???

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brooder temperature???
« on: June 14, 2009, 21:14 »
Hi,

I will hopefully be getting 4 light Sussex chicks, 2 weeks old. :)

buuuuut its been a little while since i had some chicks in the brooder, so what temperature should it be for them?

thanks in advance, and sorry for posting a lot lately  :lol:

Mia
I live with my black brahma cockerel Trophamus and all my other chooks :)

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Re: brooder temperature???
« Reply #1 on: June 14, 2009, 22:38 »
Hi Mia, for the first week it should have been 35°C then 2nd week down 2 degrees so 33°C 3rd week 31°C 4th week 29 °C, 5th 27°C  some people say take it down 3° each time.

My info sheets are for a commercial farm where they are rigidly controlled until they can be kept at a constant temperature of 21°C but that doesn't happen in our real world!!

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Re: brooder temperature???
« Reply #2 on: June 14, 2009, 22:54 »
thanks very much for the info!! :) the light Sussex deal has fallen through  :( she sold them to someone else ! but I still needed the info as I have some eggs in the incubator! so I'll have to go back to searching for chicks!! perhaps I'll post something on the swap shop, although I know people would rather I payed and as your not allowed to do that at the swap shop I don't really think I would get any results! oh well :)


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