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How to Care for Day-Old Chicks

Do you know the reason why some of your day old chicks die in their first week, and why you keep buying drugs unnecessarily? Is because you lack the skills needed in raising and brooding day old chicks. Is your poultry house protecting your chicks from cold, rain, wind and too much heat during brooding? Do you give your chicks enough space for their feeding, drinking and eating during brooding? If you really want to achieve zero or no mortality during brooding your chicks you need to put in a lot of work to give out the best housing to your chicks. Brooding can be classified into natural and artificial brooding. It is also a place of safety where baby chicks are kept warm, fed, watered and cared for until they are able to care for themselves. Equipment used for artificial brooding are called brooders. •       Electricity through brooder lamps. •       Charcoal through coal pots and brooder pots. •       Kerosene through kerosene lamps. •       Gas through gas brooders