How to raise baby chicks...Simple and easy tips for a healthy flock! 

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1:23 Brooder setup tartar farm and ranch 2:11 the lamp Too hot: move away Too cold: bundle under 2:25 coarse pine shavings. Won’t create as much dust Erwin gripper to hang lamp 2:44 be careful to not place lamp too close 7:45 may find a dead chick in the box 10:27 Feeder they can’t kick 10:45 teaching them how to drink 11:03 cover them to keep them safe from cats and other animals you may have

I'm a vegetarian and recently I watched a video showing how certain supermarket chains treat the animals they farm (specifically chicks). Or at least how an extension of them treats them very badly. For the sake of profit. Broke my heart. Can't eat eggs anymore. Until I farm them just like this. How much care and consideration; it was a pleasure to watch.

this is one of the most cutest things to do in the life.

This guy is one of the most pleasant RU-vidrs I’ve ever seen. We could be friends. Thumbs up 👍🏻

Oh i remember when we dropped a little chick as kids, we were so heartbroken but my grandma ended up saving the little guy!

I always wanted to raise colorful chicks in my childhood but no one let me cuz they die so quickly and today I bought my younger sister 4 chicks and she is so happy!! Watching this video so I could help my sis to raise those cutiesssss!!!

I watched many videos and 5 weeks ago got the supplies and 15 chicks. Now I am on my second set of 15 (and 6 turkey). Thank you for your time and videos!

Thanks for the video, perfect timing! We might be getting our first set of child chicks first week in March! Really recognize all your videos, we've got were given learned masses!

Great video! This makes us even more excited to bring home this years chicks!

Thank you so much my parents say im not responsible so i made a deal to raise a baby chick by myself since baby chicks had already hatched in our back yard. Thank you for these tips! ❤

Thank you! My family just got baby chicks today and we are very excited to complete setting up our place for the chicks!

Thank you for this video. It's great to find out that there are people who share their passion for taking care of chicks.

My Dad bought chicks every year at Easter. I took care of the chicks. My Dad built a coop outside that had a cover on it. It was a stationary coop. After they got out there dad cleaned and put new straw out and meal worms and I fed them sratche food and oyster shells when they were able to start laying. I loved that job. My first school skirts were Chicken Feed sacks, they used to use material for the bags of feed.

I just ordered my first 10 chicks. I’ll pick them up at the and of April from a local chicken farmer. You make it simple and easy to understand without a whole lot of stress. Thank you so much for these videos! I’m going to need all the help I can get!

I just bought our first flock. I've never raised chickens before so this is a first for our family. Got 12 ISA Browns. Thanks for the video, hope all goes well.

I just got my first set.. SUPER EXCITED!!!! after watching this video I did everything right.. Just their growing process now..

FUN!! Chick season is the best. We love raising them from chicks, then apparently feeding them to the hawks, owls, and eagles. Rad

I get my birds from Murray McMurray also. Great company to deal with and they do their best to ensure you get off on the right foot.

I smile whenever a video pops up in my feed. I just found your channel and Everytime YT suggests a past one I haven't seen yet I smile.

I am new to buying and raising chickens. Thank you for sharing your setup and advice. Very helpful and not too long winded.

It also helps if you put place a cardboard or two under your food and waterer to avoid food and bedding from getting into them. My grandma and grandpa had a regular brooder house for all the chicks when they first came (in Wisconsin) with a door that opened to the outside where they had put up snow fence to allow the chicks outside when old enough, but too young to join the regular flock. I used large marbles in my waterers to keep the little one from drowning. Have had chickens, guineas, turkeys, ducks, geese and even a 1993 Great Flood Rescue pair of Pheasants from a family in the Mo Bottoms area between the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers. The kids were in 4-H back then and my son had the Grand Champion Market Bird Champion that year! Been involved with the birds since I was 1.5 years old with my Grandma and still have them today 66 years later!

Thanks for the video, perfect timing! We will be getting our first set of baby chicks first week in March! Really appreciate all of your videos, we have learned a lot!

Have raised chicks for decades you have covered every thing I would have covered thank you

Excellent! I just ordered my first ever baby chicks...great to see this kind of info. 👍🐣🐓🍗

I really enjoy your content! You have inspired me to start my own RU-vid channel and have gotten me excited about farming! We recently purchased a mini farm and are in the process of transforming it to fulfill our dream. Thanks so much, keep it up!

Lol the chick is like WHY IS THIS CREATURE DAMN HOLDING ME

And the farmer is so kind.

Nice video! I hatched out and raised thousands of chicks and I would always lose a few in the brooder. I finally found that a little oxytetracycline in the water does wonders, brings the losses down to zero! They only need that the first couple weeks then they are good to go.

Omg they are soo fluffy!

So cute Josh. They look very healthy can’t wait to see them grow up and roam your farm. Free range is great. I have some on free range there awesome pets I love them. Happy times. 👍🏻🐓

I have watch about 15 chicken raising videos and this one has had some of the best advice

Great video - very helpful for first time chick owners. We are getting ours tomorrow and you helped with our confidence!

Yep it's that time of year but up here it's snowing everyday it seems like lately dang ..but glad to see your getting things rolling there getting your animals set for the year. it's a good thing anyways I always enjoy your vids bud and looking forward to your live feed in near future talk soon bud God bless

Thank you so much I just got baby chiks

We have just got our chicks 2 days ago this video has been so helpful!

You found another purpose for a quick clamp - brilliant!

We are getting 25 Red Star chicks from Murray McMurray tomorrow. We followed your tips on the set up! Woooooo! My 8 year old does our videos because he wants to be like you! He is gonna do a brooder video this week......Keep up the good work!

Thank you for sharing! Your Family just got a little bigger!

We held chicks in FFA at my high school. Too cute. 🥰

Omg! They are super cute. Very nice video. Thank you for being so gentle and being super caring to the baby chicks.

round and round and fluffy balls so cute i had alot of them many years ago

Aw! The 🐥s are so cute and small. I raised these 👶🏻 🐓s in kindergarten at my former elementary 🏫. 👍🏻 if you like 👶🏻 animals.

I'm new to this and I recently bought 150 chicks🤦🏾 and when they got delivered I realised I had grossly underestimated the space they would occupy and had to improvise a hatchery for them where I put all of them... It's been 3 rough days since I noticed they are climbing on top of each other and nearly killing some(I've already lost 4😢) so I've been spending an unhealthy amount of time with them making sure more don't die(I've slept for like a total of 7hrs in those 3 days😅)... I've also been researching trying to learn more and now I'm thinking of separating them or something but I haven't quite figured it out yet. Thank for the video. God bless you

Just starting here with the girls. Two chicks and two baby ducks. They are soooo cute. Thanks for the video.

From what I have learned and heard is, if your birds start to become aggressive to one another, you can simply change to a red light. I know the experiment was done with turkeys, but I would think it would also work for chicks too

Now your getting into an are I am experienced in, raising laying hens. We only bought peeps once and remember getting a mix of males and females. We got less than 10% rosters which we ate after 6 months. We got a roster from a friend and my grandfather gave us an old brood hen so we hatched and raised our own hens after that. After the hens quit laying, they ended up as Sunday diner.

I can tell you have a lot of respect and love for the chicks that makes me so happy☺️🐔❤️ I’m getting chicks tomorrow thank you for the info!!❤️

I heard my chickens chirping in my bathroom and wanted to make sure I knew how to raise a chicken lol

Can't wait till I get some chicks! They are soooo fluffy! 🐥🐣😍

Great explanation and video for starting something like this, thanks Josh. Good luck with the chicks!

New to keeping chickens. Just got our first chicks yesterday. Very informative video. Thank you for sharing.

I've been wanting to raise Chickens for 20 years. I love all animals and Chickens are so cute ! I'm moving to Kentucky soon from Myrtle Beach where I can have some property and be able to do what I want on it and I'll also be retired then. Enjoyed your brooder video and just subscribed to your channel. Tks much !

Nicely done. I have always started them in a cardboard box and had much success. You have a very nice set up. Surprised to see you're starting them in February, but now is probably fine where you are. Good luck, my friend!

Thank you so much!! It was so helpful my husband and I are so excited to start this new adventure.

Thank you so much! We have an incubator and fertilized eggs and this really distresses me thank you so much for the information

Just spotted the Honda CT110 in the background! We lovingly call them Postie bikes in Australia as our postmen use them to deliver the mail! I’ve got one myself! Awesome little bike !

Awesome. Mine come first week in April. I’m documenting it on RU-vid too.

I’ve gotten these chicks and did this technique and they loved the bed

Way you handle and way you respect signify that you are real gentle famer. Regards from Bhutan

Those chicks are the cutest chicks I have ever seen

I would raise up that plate warmer one notch. Looks mighty low. I ordered my pullets from McMurray last fall. No fatalities, or illnesses and 4 of the 5 just started laying...very happy with them!

Thanks for taking the time and sharing. Great info and tips. I'll be following along from Australia.

Great video. I have got lots of enthusiasm to bring chick in my house. Really It's amazing to see the little chicks. Thanks for the beautiful video.

I’m raising chickens and me and my dad are trying to make stuff for our chickens 🐓 and this so much help 😘

I am starting with my first set of chicks so this was super helpful in every way!!!!

Thank you very much for your teachings. God bless you.

My McMurray order is supposed to be coming on April 6th. Very excited!

Thank you for this video! I'm definitely going to watch your other chicken videos 😄 I live in city limits so I can only have 6 hens, but I'll be getting some black australorp pullets just as soon as I get the coop put together

Thank you!! Getting our first baby chicks today!!

Thank you for sharing your tips and advice! Very helpful!

You’re so awesome! Like watching a grown up Mr. Rogers show. 👍😊😉🌟

Thumbs up on the heat plate. no more firehazards. I like to have the back of my plate lower then the front. The birds can run under the plate easier that way and then move back to where they are comfortable.

When he took off the box cover !!!!! My heart is a butterfly🥺🥺😭😭

I love the using the wood clamp for the lamp!! Clamp for lamp!

Thank you so much for making this!

I looove this animals. The are profitable in every way. You can grow them and eat them You can make a business out of them. You can make the sawdust with their poop for compost. You can have eegs. You can also clear out some land with them from weeds. They are noble, beautiful, don't meed to much space and get very happy when their owner treat them well. This animals are God blessing to humanity

Great video! We are brand new to living on a farm and homesteading and are about to buy our first chickens. This was great to watch, thanks for sharing!!

My chicks are so cute, I’m so happy to have them and learn more about it then

Brilliant and generous presentation. You've got a warm brooder and a warm heart. Thank you!

I got an add for KFC when I clicked on this

I really want to get these little ones hopefully next spring thank you for all the helpful information.happy 🐣🐥

Thank you! Im recently taking care of 2 chicks.

This is so helpful! Also another tips for people who are thinking of raising chicks, i recommend dipping their beak gently in the water so they know here, and what it is.

i wish baby chickens can keep their form when they are growing up. imagine an adult-sized chicken with features of baby chicken: yellow tuff, chirping sound, and all the cuteness!

Thank you Stoney Ridge Farmer.

i have 9 chicks i just sub rn and im now learning a lot im happy your a farmer

Sooo cute 🐥 are you going to vlog their growth? I love to see how much they grow & learn a little more about their feathering etc

I'm getting 3 baby chicks soon. Need all the advice on this thank you. I'm so excited to have these chickens as pets!

This is so much wonderful. You have taught me some tips on how to raise Chicks. Thanks so much as I am really satisfied and happy with your firm.

Josh thank you for your videos. I like your channel because you explain everything.

I had to sleep 6 hours ago I don't know how I ended watching tutorials like this when I live at an apartment ;D

These videos make me want to get some chickens again

I have six baby chickens and there so cute! And this video is very helpful

Chickens are so cute especially baby ones! I have two7 months old chickens and I love them:)

just found your channel and thank you for your awesome videos it helps me on my farm. I just started my farm few days ago. I was wondering why 30% of my chicks died. Thank you for the tips 🤠

Great 👍 channel

Your confidence is amaizing and inspirational. You have lot of feeders and waters. You know how to use gadgets. Stay blessed😊😊😊

very very very very very very interesting now our birds are having alot of fun Thanks!

Aww there so sweet