How to Raise Baby Chicks NO HEATLAMP and other tricks!

We raise chickens from chicks OFF GRID with no heat lamp and Stacy is sharing
some of her tips and tricks

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In 2010 we decided to sell everything and build a log cabin on 11 acres. We have lived in the log cabin for a decade now with no solar power or wind power plus zero public utilities. We live like the pioneers except in the 21st century. We post videos on social media to encourage people to return to the land and make a living with your family. We teach folks:
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[the_mrs]

When we were living off the grid we would wrap a hot water bottle—one of those old fashioned rubber ones—in a soft scrap of flannel. We changed it out with hot water twice a day, and it worked beautifully.

[pamelabagwell]

My favorite hen is the buff Orpington. Sweet natured and broodiness hasn’t been bred out of them. My favorite way to raise chicks is to let a broody hen raise them for me! Easy peasy!

[lases]

Really like the feather duster idea - so clever! Thank you

[rrbb]

I use sand in the hen house and sift out their droppings with a cat litter scooper. Some ppl claim the sand freezes, which is of course impossible—unless you’re silly enough to put wet sand in your coop Sometimes a chicken’s droppings may be a little watery and freeze and stick to the floor, but that just means the sand layer is too thin. It’s so easy and stays so clean, sifting chicken poop and adding it to the compost has become my favorite chore. No joke.

[kathygarner]

Stacy, a couple of hours before you get ready to go to bed, put 3 or 4 solid/ paver type bricks or some clean kitchen pot sized rocks on top of your wood stove, wrap them in old towels or blankets and place them at various locations in your brooder. Then cover your brooder with your blanket on top to keep them warm throughout the night. Be sure that you have wrapped your stones or bricks in enough towels and blankets so that they are comfortable to hold. The little babies will love this. The water bottle idea would also work with plastic milk jugs as long as the liquid was not too hot. I am glad to see you showing your animals inside the house on these videos. People who are not from the farm don't understand that sometimes we have to bring them inside the house when they are vulnerable. They just think we are eccentric and don't always understand that these animals are valuable and are part of our livelihoods.

[onlyintime]

Fav tips: use ibc tote cut in half for keeping chicks in house, tape wool sweaters to corners so they can snuggle it and keep warm, put wool feather dusters inside their pen so they can cuddle it and keep warm

[lorimiller]

This is our first year raising chickens, and we are living in a camper while we develop our property, so we have 20 noisy chicks in the back bedroom!

[jjohnson]

I love the black copper Marian, beautiful good temper and chocolate brown eggs🐶

[geekgal]

We have raised chicks for the past few years. We use a chicken heater pad and also a 60 watt light bulb seems to do the trick. We heat our home by wood burning fireplace insert so it doesnt get real warm in the house (65-70) but the chicks are not too far from the heat source. We usually just let mom raise them but we needed a new blood line this year so bought a few chicks. So fun to have them in the house. 😊 We also try to handle them daily to get them used to us. We had two bantam roosters hatch this past Dec and now they follow us around the yard like a dog. Lol. So cute.

[mashoutman]

Just got first ever chicks today. Barred rocks and golden comets. Raising them off-grid.

[MissChievousRN]

Necessity is the mother of invention!
When I brooded my first batch of chickens, I planned it when my Husband was out of town for a month. (This probably isn't necessary for most of you.)
We have a spare/guest bath in the walkout basement so I raised them there with a controlled environment (space heater and brinsea warmer), plenty of water for clean up, all tile, and easy access to outdoors for disposal of litter.
But 4 weeks isn't old enough to turn them loose and it was still very cold and wet. 🤔🤔🤔
**** I bought a 4 man dome tent for $20 off craigslist and set it up in the corner of the barn. It worked AWSUM! ****
It kept them corralled when as they started to jump and flap. It kept the bedding contained, had a waterproof-ish bottom, and was enough room to put food and water on puppy pads and keep it relatively clean. Cats couldn't get to them. And it was not drafty but a transitional temp to the cooler outdoor temps.
The best part is: it's cheap enough to throw away if you don't want to reuse it.
I also used pack-n-play play pens, craigslist, when they were super tiny and that worked well too, but just for a bit and not very many. The older larger play pens would work better.

[lesawillis]

I Love listening to you Stacy. I have a years worth of food for 5 people. I have it. I am so surprised. It is true
My Lord has helped me
I asked him and it happened. I would love to learn how to raise chicken from checks.

[bethsands]

You are getting better and better as a Homesteader and you look healthy and happy... thanks for your hard-earned knowledge.

[soulbestrongaprilbillups]

We have chicks for the first time! We have 10 Rhode Islands and 10 Easter Eggers. They are a hoot! It is over 100 degrees every day right now, so we are taking advantage of the heat to skip electricity. We put them in ventilated storage boxes at night. At sun upI let them out into a large 10' x 10' outdoor dog kennel that we've modified with industrial cloth, chicken wire and a wind break (There's untreated hardwood mulch on the kennel floor.) Each evening I put them back into 2 storage boxes for the night (we were using one box but they're getting bigger so we split them into 2 now.). They are doing great! Haven't lost one yet (PTL!). The storage boxes sit in the center of the kennel at night because I have NO indoor space for a brooder. The hot summer is really making this work. We are going on 3 weeks now and they are doing great! We plan to get a coop built in the next month and keep the dog kennel for run space until they're old enough to free range. So much fun! I call them "the rioters." 😂

[markholmes]

Your the Chicken Whisperer 😊 Great info on raising Chicks 🐥 🐣

[karicollett]

I’ve been raising chickens for years. My favorites are the backyard dual-purpose breeds. I have Barred Rocks, Ameraucanas, Buff Orpingtons, Black Australorps, Jersey Giants, Marans, Welsummers, Rhode Island Reds, New Hampshire Reds, Silver-laced Wyandottes, Salmon Faverolles, Cinnamon Queens. This year, I got some Lavender Orpingtons to add to my flock. I love all of the different colors and different personalities!

[janicew]

I use a pop-up mesh playpen for dogs, they are cheap and work great for chicks in the house. LOVE the corncob material too. Raising chickens for many years, I like the Orpingtons, Australorps, Cochins, Barred Rocks.

[dazie]

LoL yes my dad filled up the living room every spring with chickens & turkeys 😀 this video pretty much lays out my childhood spring time chore

[debmunson]

Family had chickens amongst all other farm animals. I’ve ordered my first chicks in 50 years!!!! They arrive Friday coming. Excited! 2 Barred Rocks, 1 silver laced Wyandotte, and 1 black australorp. Not supposed to have them in my neighborhood but I chose quiet docile girls. Going to enjoy them so much. Thanks Stacey for the wonderful tips given. Will use them!

[kellyhall]

Great information Stacy. After buying a dozen eggs paying $4.49 from Aldi’s
and listening to Doug’s recent video about $8 to $10 / dozen eggs coming, makes me want want to get serious and build a coop. We live in town but our neighbors next door have 7 big chickens running around in there fenced in yard. Seeing more and more chickens in town these days.