Raise Baby Chicks - To teach chicks about feed, put a piece of newspaper under feeder, sprinkle a commercial feed on paper and fill the feeder the first day you get your chicks.
Sprinkle baby grit on feed after the third day. Sprinkle lightly, as if you were salting your food.
Raise Baby Chicks
Dip each chick's beak into water before you place it in the cage. A 1-gallon chick waterer will water 50 birds.
Provide a heat source (a light bulb) for chicks. Use one 250-watt bulb for 50 chicks in cold weather and one bulb for 100 chicks in warm weather.
Place the light bulb about 18 inches above the floor.
Chicks need feed, water, heat, light and space to grow into healthy chickens. If you're purchasing your chicks, read "How to Purchase Chicks" or "How to Hatch Chicks." - by eHow
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