We got them a bigger bin and they're all doing well. We switched the bulb to a 70 watt lightbulb and the warmest spot is 95 degrees. One died last night and one this afternoon but they were sickly when we got them unfortunately from being shipped to tractor supply, all the other ones got better...
I raised the brooder lamp a bit and I used the cardboard top to kind of make a shady area, I've heard it should stay from 90-95 degrees in there the first week?
We are using a cardboard box with paper in the bottom and pine shavings. Water with rocks In it so they don't drown. They have chick starter and also chick starter with honey water mixed into it to make a mash, and a thermometer. Right now it's reading 95 degrees and has been staying there. They...
These chicks can't really walk and sleep much, so they won't eat by themselves. After feeding them they get a little better but i'll have to keep doing this until they get better. so right now the only food and water they're getting is what i'm hand feeding them, having to open their mouths and...
We just got new chicks from tractor supply today, a few of them aren't eating and i'm having to hand feed and water them. I've done this with previous chicks who weren't doing well and they lived, they're only a couple days old, how much and how often should I feed/water them? Right now we're...