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Chicks are 1 week old (as of Tuesday 7/5). My thoughts are to get supplies on 8/3 for a hoop coop. Won't that timeframe work? They will be about a month old then.

My thoughts were that next step would be their coop. No?????

Closed with mesh on all sides (it's hex shaped). Oh, plus mesh zip top.

Uwww, love your signature quote. Think I'll re-write that for calligraphy practice in my journal. Thanks! ETA: Wait! I just read the rest of it. Too dang cool . . . STOP! Hammer time!!!

K, I'm on it. Actually been wanting to do the fermented (soaked, rather) feed thing but wasn't sure when to begin. Okie, dokie. This is very helpful @Iluveggers :thumbsup

They are playing. Then when I walk in they scoot under the heater :cool: (some of them). Guess this giant lady looming over them is not ideal to see.

Hmm, well the hygrometer is placed on top of the heat plate which is inside the brooder.

Done. The hygrometer reads 88% humidity . . . geesh. But temp has not changed. I wonder if it is calibrated properly. It was not overly expensive and made in China - makes me wonder if it's any good. :rolleyes:

I just turned it down. Chicks were all under it. Now they are out of it so I turned it down. Only two settings and they are signified by a white notch (not temp. no.) This is all so nerve wrecking - the heat/no heat thing. I am in SE GA and it is hot as dickens (to me). No central air in...

Yaaassss; thank you!

Okie dokie; I have. Got most of it. :)

Ohhh, yeah, it was just grass cuttings. I was thinking they could play around in it with their feet. I'm gonna take it out. I did not put much.

They are not day old and had been eating/drinking at Tractor Supply (thank goodness). But yes, they have been eating and drinking here too now. It is 6 p.m. They have been "home" for about two hours.

Awww thank you. Lord knows I read, read some more, then read again not to mention videos!!!! I added some grass just a lil bit that was cut the other day. But I'm chicken, is that okay or a no-no?

Hubby just in he instructed just as you have written. Chicks now have electrolyted water in their brooder. Yay!!!! Thank you. How long do I add electrolytes to their water? The instructions say add packet to one gallon of water. I poured most of that into the waterer and left some in a...

Has begun! I picked up my first chicks this afternoon. Sigh (of relief). I keep running into their room to check on them. They were loud at first (I figured they will need to get used to here vs. the store). Then I hurried to get their heat lamp set up. The thermometer in their room reads...