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Pensmaster said:
Biggest problem I have is they are always bumping the nipple causing the water to leak getting everything wet. Some play with it more out of curiosity causing water to go everywhere.
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Oh maybe I lucked out. I am trying them on baby quail. Once I got the thing to work they love it. I did have the issue you had. I hung it so they really had to reach for it. Then the smallest ones could not reach so they got a hockey puck step. The puck is to close for the big chicks to comfortably stand on and drink. The smaller ones use it like sneaking in the back door right up front under the nippler. The true issue is the quail need more space, but I wanted them a little crowed until I got the nippler figured out. You know get a little crowed, run out of water for .5 seconds and there is always a fight to be first at the watering hole. Now trained the will relocate tomorrow with several nipplers.
 
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BaileyMChicks said:
One of my chicks looks like it's choking/gasping and the chirps don't sound right...I don't know what's wrong. I can't see anything in its throat. I'm scared. The brooder isn't too hot. They have baby grit. The food is small/crumbles...maybe he drank water and got a little down the wrong tube...do u think he will be ok? Can chickens cough water back up??? Help please!
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They can cough a little back up.

-Kathy
 
BaileyMChicks said:
One of my chicks looks like it's choking/gasping and the chirps don't sound right...I don't know what's wrong. I can't see anything in its throat. I'm scared. The brooder isn't too hot. They have baby grit. The food is small/crumbles...maybe he drank water and got a little down the wrong tube...do u think he will be ok? Can chickens cough water back up??? Help please!
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Can you post a video of it?

-Kathy
 
5Sons Coop said:
Oh maybe I just lucked out.
Oh maybe I lucked out. I am trying them on baby quail. Once I got the thing to work they love it. I did have the issue you had. I hung it so they really had to reach for it. Then the smallest ones could not reach so they got a hockey puck step. The puck is to close for the big chicks to comfortably stand on and drink. The smaller ones use it like sneaking in the back door right up front under the nippler. The true issue is the quail need more space, but I wanted them a little crowed until I got the nippler figured out. You know get a little crowed, run out of water for .5 seconds and there is always a fight to be first at the watering hole. Now trained the will relocate tomorrow with several nipplers.
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I give my chicks a 2x4 to stand on until big enough. Some use it without a fuss some groups always bump into it.
 
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Can you post a video of it?

-Kathy
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Kathy is one of the best resources on this sort of thing. Guardian angel for sick chicks/chickens everywhere, thanks to the internet. You're in good hands.
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- Ant Farm
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daxigait said:
You did not see me afterwards. I should have taken a picture. The video moment was me using a rake to distance myself from the sow. I truly hate the smell of the mud in a pig pen after rain :sick @Fire Ant Farm I will take the rain over piglet catching in four inches or more of mud.
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Congrats on selling 4 piglets!! I'm glad you just got stinky and muddy without any falls!!
 
I don't think I can post a vid....I don't have a YouTube channel and my wifi and been really bad, especially when it comes to YouTube. My mom just checked on it and says that it's not panting. It's still breathing a bit heavy but not bad. I hope it's ok.
 
BaileyMChicks said:
I don't think I can post a vid....I don't have a YouTube channel and my wifi and been really bad, especially when it comes to YouTube. My mom just checked on it and says that it's not panting. It's still breathing a bit heavy but not bad. I hope it's ok.
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Anything I post can/should be superseded by Kathy's comments, but I had a chick at about that age in my last batch that struggled for a day or two in the way you describe, but ended up ok in the end without me doing anything (except me watching and fretting - and also picking it up to check on it, which in retrospect probably stressed it a bit). Of course, it's hard to know how different various circumstances are (yours vs mine). Also, when they are that young, besides making sure your brooder set up is all ok, that they are warm but not overheated, have vitamins if necessary, sometimes there's not a lot one can do - they get better or don't, and sometimes it's hard to know why...

Sending all the good vibes I can muster...

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