Experienced poultry farmers would accept that raising chicks is not an easy task, especially when doing it for the first time. Chicks are highly susceptible to different kinds of dangers (both environmental and health dangers). In fact, it is the health established by chicks at this period or age that will follow them all through their lives. Successful brooding entails a lot of things such as maintaining the right temperature, protection of chicks from predators as well as ensuring adequate ventilation. Some poultry farmers have incurred losses or raised unproductive birds as a result of committing brooding/brooder house mistakes. Some of the common brooder house mistakes committed by poultry farmers are discussed as follows: 1. Too high brooder house temperature The brooder house should be having a temperature of 95 F if you are raising layers chicks (or other layer breeds) and 90 F is ideal for broiler chicks (or meat breeds). The reason for this discrepancy is due to the fact
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