Thanks for the quick responses! We feel fine. The plastic bin was open for ventilation and we have fairly new smoke/CO detectors all over the house.
That’s disappointing to hear about pine shavings not being recommended. They were recommended by the staff at tractor supply.
I got 8 chicks 4 days ago. I was told they were 1 week old at the time. This afternoon I had 7 of the 8 die within 20 minutes. This was my first time trying to raise chicks and I’m looking for some insight on what happened. Here are the variables.
I used pine shaving as bedding.
My brooder tank...
