NZ Lifestyle Block

9 common mistakes when you’re raising chicks

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1. Not having a suitable brooder ready 2. Not having enough heat, or too much 3. Not having the correct food or an understand­ing of dietary needs 4. Not having suitable containers for food and water 5. Choosing the wrong breed 6. Questionab­le source of chicks 7. Not understand­ing basic hygiene and the possible disease challenges 8. Not thinking ahead on what to do with surplus roosters 9. Not keeping the chicks safe from predators

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