Learn How To Raise Your Own Chickens
Chicken Coop Temperature Tips : laying chickens
Keeping Your Chicks Comfortable
If you are keeping your chickens in order to raise them, and not just for egg-laying purposes, then you will need to be aware of how to keep the temperature in the right range. Baby chicks need it to be quite hot when they’re first hatched. It is for this reason that mother hens will sit with them in the nest for the first 48 hours, keeping her wings spread over them for warmth. In the wild, hens will often keep up this kind of behavior for a few weeks, until the chicks are feathered enough… Continue reading