When they first hatch they will be wet & sticky.
They will stay in the incubator until they begin to fluff up.
After they fluff up, we will move them to their new home.
The new home is called a brooder box.
It will supply them with heat, food, & water.
Below is a video of how to set-up a brooder box.
- First- find a box.
- Next - we chose to cut a window in the front of the box to provide a viewing window.We want to thank Home Depot for supplying the library with a piece of plexiglass & cutting tool to build the brooder box.
- Third- we put down some bedding for the chicks to make them comfortable. (we used hamster shavings but we will use cut up newspapers in the future)
- Fourth- we added a water source, a food source, and a heat source.
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