LauraCB
Hatching
- Jun 14, 2015
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I'm a first time hatcher of chicks, I started with six eggs, four fertile and lost one to wry neck so have three chicks left. They are just over a week old and are growing like weeds, but I'm wondering if it is possible to spoil them? They are in a large brooder and have an electric brooder for heat, angled, and they are lovely and toasty. They are eating and drinking (and pooping!!) constantly. I have no worries about them other than that after a couple of hours alone in the brooder, they all line up at the opening, look out and chirp, really really loudly. It's not a distress chirp, but it is very very load and persistent. As soon as I walk into the room and talk to them, they are quiet, but start again when I leave. They stop permanently if I pick them up and hold them.
So I'm wondering, is it possible that I have handled them *too much* and have spoilt them?
So I'm wondering, is it possible that I have handled them *too much* and have spoilt them?