How To Care For 8 Week Old Chickens. Be careful though because I had a heat lamp explode for me when it was under a tarp and raining. Brooding should be started at 95 F temperature and be reduced by 5 F every week until 70 F is attained.
As your pullets get toward laying age around 18 weeks they will need nesting boxes at the ready. 0-10 weeks your chicks should have chick feed. I always kept a calender specific to age.
At 8-10 weeks old switch chicks to 18-19 chick grower.
It is very essential especially during the first 10 days of brooding. 492015 After 72 hours their yolk sacs are gone and they need food and water. Its very easy to get carried away by the process of incubation or by seeing a clutch of chicks for sale in a food store without being properly prepared for what lies ahead. 5162014 Give your chicks a special chick starter feed.