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With the electric hen all I can do is raise and lower it. I have it set at a slight angle and as low as I could get it and them still go under. On the food I will grind some up for them. They seemed to be ok eating it but I don't want to take a chance. I lost 4 today.

They are silkie bantams. Tiny things. My dad has rir and leghorns. This is my first time with silkies. I have 6 2 year old rir. My old man incubates a couple hundred and thinks it's no big deal when you lose some but I don't have that many to lose

There are 12 under it. It's supposed to hold 20 it is the 12x12

Thanks to everyone. Some were twitching after drinking a lot so I got rid of save a chic water and replaced it with regular water so I hope that was the right thing to do. Hopefully they will push there way under the electric hen because some are being not let under

There feet are about the same temp as there body which is warm but not hot.

They are 3 days old. They keep huddling around the hen. I put them under but they run out and go huddle again on the outside. About 2 minutes ago they all took off to the food and water and are hyper now

I lost another 3 right in the beginning but I think that was due to shipping because they looked weak when I got them home

I've got a thermometer it is reading about 90 under the gen an the cool area is 78. The floor is plywood with sand but I have paper towels over the sand for now. They are not eating very much and one that was drinking has started twitching and shaking its head. Some saliva/goo came out of its...

The brooder is 5ftx4ft. Everything was cleaned except for the wood I made it out of.

I took the lamp down. I put it up because some would not go under the electric hen. They are in opposite corners and the water and food are In 2 corners on the opposite end. It is a big brooder.

They are pooping fine I've cleaned all the pasty butts. I can raise the lamp up.

It's a premier electric brooder.

I've got an electric brooder on one side and a heat lamp on the other. Lamp area is 96. Chick starter and water with save a chic in it. 10 seem to be fine but I have 3 more that are not looking good

I've always got chicks from my dad at 2 weeks old and this is the first time I've got them from a hatchery

In Florida. They are 3 days old. I can't figure out what is the problem and my old man is not helping. He said the weak ones will die. 3 were dead under the electric brooder one more keeps stumbling and falling down and getting trampled.