FREE SHIPPING on all supply order totals exceeding $25.00.
Item #BE01
DELIVERY TIME WILL BE APPROX. 4 WEEKS
No shipping to Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands, Hawaii and Alaska.
Continue ReadingPoultry Brooder
Search Results for: brooder
Cackle’s Brooder Guard
Classroom Baby Poultry Brooder Starter Kit
The Premium Brooder Starter Package
FREE SHIPPING on all supply order totals exceeding $25.00.
Item #BE17
TEMPORARILY OUT OF STOCK
Continue ReadingDo Chickens Need a Roost in Their Coop?
Chickens instinctively seek a high place to sleep at night. Without such a place to roost inside their coop, they may roost outdoors. Chickens that roost outdoors at night are vulnerable to both predators and adverse weather. Providing them with a comfortable place to roost inside the coop at night keeps them safer. What is […]
Continue ReadingWhat to Feed Baby Chicks
What you feed your baby chicks not only helps them grow and thrive, but also ensures good laying ability and fertility when they mature. On the other hand, improper nutrition can slow their development and have long-term negative consequences to their health and laying ability. Shipping causes stress. Chicks hatch with residual yolk reserves that […]
Continue ReadingSalmonella in Chickens — Can Kissing a Chicken Make You Sick?
Chickens, and people, commonly carry Salmonella bacteria in their intestines, but don’t necessarily get sick. Chickens shed the bacteria in their poop, which — you know if you have chickens — ends up everywhere chickens go. Bacteria that enter your mouth can result in a common intestinal infection (salmonellosis). You can easily avoid this infection by not […]
Continue ReadingHow to Water Baby Chicks
A baby chick’s body is about 70% water. Therefore, water is the most important nutrient for a newly hatched chick. In fact, a hatchling can’t digest feed without water. So a chick should drink water even before it eats anything. Here are the ins and outs of how to water baby chicks. How long can […]
Continue ReadingHow to Remove Mud Balls from a Chicken’s Toes and Shanks
Mud balls are dark, hard lumps clinging to a chicken’s toes and sometimes the shanks. Some mud balls consist of mostly chicken poop. Others consist mostly of mud. In either case, more poop, mud, and other debris adds to the accumulation. Before long the poor chicken is trying to walk with sizable cement-hard balls clinging […]
Continue ReadingA Chicken’s Egg Tooth—What Is It and What Is It For?
A chicken’s egg tooth is a tiny horn-like projection at the tip of the upper beak of a newly hatched chick. Its purpose is to help the chick break through the shell at hatching time. Soon after the chick hatches, the egg tooth falls off. Domestic poultry and other birds share this trait in common […]
Continue Reading
