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I am looking into getting some chickens in my garden, i have read that i need to heat day old chicks with heat lamps, how old do the chickens have to be so they don't need heat lamps? also were do i buy them at a market or on the interent? thanks you, Abby.
I would get pullets, young chickens which are just coming into lay. If you've never had chickens before it's better not to get into the hassle of raising baby chicks; you learn so much from chickens when you own them so it's better to have robust ones than vulnerable little ones. I don't know where you live so I couldn't point you to a good poultry dealer, but I would just ask around to see if there are any weekly farmers markets (we have one here every thursday where you can buy chicks and pullets), or any poultry dealers.
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Abi
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I CAN'T ANSWER QUESTIONS ON ANIMALS OTHER THAN CHICKENS/DUCKS/GEESE- I WILL TRY BUT THEY ARE NOT MY SPECIALIST SUBJECT- PLEASE DO NOT ASK ME QUESTIONS ABOUT BUDGIES, FINCHES, PARROTS, COCKATIELS OR OTHER 'EXOTIC' BIRDS. I can answer questions on pretty much all CHICKEN breeds, including fancy and bantam birds. I can give advice on how to get the best egg production, brightest yolk colours and darkest egg shell colours, breeding (using broody hens, not incubators), bird problems/illnesses. I can give advice on all aspects of basic chicken care but I breed chickens for my own pleasure only, I do not often show or sell my birds.
Experience
I own and breed a wide range of chickens, but I speciallise in cochins and crevecour bantams; crevecours have a large crest (an afro!) so I can answer questions on problems concerning them; cochins have feathered legs, which leads to no end of problems which I have experienced! I also own a large flock of domestic, rescued 'battery' hens, and a single maran hen, Hilda, who is the matriarch of her flock, so I can give advice on how to get the best colour of maran eggs!
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