Hatching & Brooding Your Own Chicks Book
Gail Damerow shows you how to incubate, hatch, and brood baby chickens, ducklings, goslings, turkey poults, and guinea keets.
With advice on everything from selecting a breed and choosing the best incubator to feeding and caring for newborn chicks in a brooder, this comprehensive guide also covers issues like embryo development, panting chicks, and a variety of common birth defects. Whether you want to hatch three eggs or one hundred, you’ll find all the information you need to make your poultry-raising operation a success.
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- by Gail Damerow
- 240 pp, softcover
- Published Jan 2013
- 11"L x 8.5"W x 0.6"H
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Brooder Kits and Panels
Heat Lamp Starter Kit for Chicks
Item #540372 -A basic brooder kit that is warmed with our rugged and reliable Prima Heat Lamp™. Keeps chicks comfortable and safe.
$215.30 -
Brooder Kits and Panels
Heat Lamp Starter Kit for Game Birds
Item #540374 -This Prima heat lamp brooder kit includes everything you need to get started. It's simple and easy to use. Keeps your game birds safe and secure.
$157.30 -
Brooder Kits and Panels
Heating Plate Starter Kit for Chicks
Item #540373 -A basic brooder kit that is warmed with our rugged and reliable heating plate. Heater keeps chicks comfortable and safe.
$188.80 -
Brooder Kits and Panels
Heating Plate Starter Kit for Game Birds
Item #540375 -This heating plate brooder kit includes everything you need to get started. It's simple and easy to use. Keeps your game birds safe and secure.
$130.80 -
Brooder Kits and Panels
Disposable Brooder Panel, each
Item #530150 -Build a safe, secure chick brooder using modular brooder panels. Quick to assemble with disposable and reusable options.
$2.10 -
Brooder Kits and Panels
Reusable Brooder Panel, each
Item #530155 -Build a safe, secure chick brooder using modular brooder panels. Quick to assemble with disposable and reusable options.
$5.70 -
Heating Plates and Covers
Heating Plate, extra small (up to 15 chicks)
Item #540207 -A safer alternative to a heat lamp. A heating plate, or hover heater, simulates a hen keeping chicks warm and cozy beneath her feathers.
$45.00 -
Heat Lamp and Accessories
Prima Heat Lamp® (bulb not included)
Item #557100 -A rugged and reliable heat lamp used to warm lambs, goat kids, chickens or for any animal that is sick or cold. Use standard or infrared heat bulbs.
$44.50