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I've also never heard of pine shavings being toxic - CEDAR shavings are but I think many people use pine shavings. However, I use towels for my brooder floors. They are non-slip, super absorbent, warmed by the heat lamp and when they get yucky I just hang them on the line, blast them with the...

Glad to hear they are doing better. Sometimes they just need those vitamins. In the future if you have an emergency start a thread in the emergency section where people will be quick to post responses and offer help. This thread is a "sticky" meant to be there just for information and such...

Get some Poly-Vi-Sol (liquid baby vitamins/supplement) and give them each a couple of drops in beak and add some to their water. How old are they - are they eating and drinking?

Quote: You can do it - we'll all help. But it's like having your first child - you're better off not to read all the books on raising one. Just go with your instincts. I truly do just toss them outside if it's warm and they run and play all day long. Take a look at some of my threads and...

From article above: "Many folk, particularly beginners in pastured poultry, treat their chicks like their infant children. Everyone is cautious about drafts and chills and these are things to be aware of. The downfall to being overcautious is the tendency to seal up the entire brooder so that...