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well :lol:im a young chicken mother, but i couldnt get chickenmama or anything and so i changed young to little, chicken... well chicken and mama to girl, then added the year it was it popped out littlechickengirl2011

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46 degree low tonight. Most have no neck fluff, a couple have a tiny bit left.... I will have them in a shelter that is not open to the wind. The bedding is fairly thick and there are spots to get off the ground of needed. will they be ok?

I was planning on putting htem outside this weekend on their 6th week.... but the weather is getting quite chilly... highs in the 50's and lows often in the mid 30's to low 40's. Sometimes there are freeze warnings during the night... is it too cold for them?

inside, in my room, its a fairly warm room about 70-75 degrees during the day.

Mah no so little babies are now 3.5 to 4 weeks old (some hatched early, others a couple days late) they have feathers on their wings and backs, and tails, some have neck fethers, others are just starting to develp them a little.... bellies and under the wings are still all fluff...i have the...

2 weeks, and crooked, im so sorry! i was in a rush, and see what i get for it! darn me. and not too slippery really, they do fine, its newspapers :?

its about a two year old baby. IT was fine yesterday when i left, but this evening when i got home the leg is all crooked and its not walking well. Its mostly just sitting on its heat... it can walk, but not well, and its is being really realy bullied.

the lamp? its a pitiful lamp, isnt there a risk of it catching if i leave it on all the time? and my box is way bigger than that... will it cover the space i need?

Quote: Do you have a desk lamp or a lamp that will clip onto the side of the brooder? Use that with a higher watt light bulb. Or maybe you can borrow a brooder lamp one from somebody?? 1) my brooder is a cardboard box with newspaper bedding- so its a fire hazard 2) the lamp i have isnt...

i cant get a heat lamp, cant afford it...

Quote: they can, they always seem to die off the heat. i dont use a heat lamp, i use a heat pad just for that purpose, i dont like to force the heat on them.

I have my babies in a large box... i had 22 hatch, but only 13 are still alive.... Im worried that it might be due to overcrowding.... Im so new at this, and people around here offer no help... what are some symptoms of overcrowding? (i have already had pasty butt *yuck!!!!* is this a result...

Its poo is building up on it's rear... shoudl i try to clean it off? how should i go about this? i think it might be blocking its hole.

I dont know... 3 have died in the past two days.... and two are heading that way... what am i doing wrong????? i am feeding the two super sick ones yogurt to give them some healthy stuff and some energy and liquids, plus i dont have a dropper so yogurt is thick enough to get in with a...