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Thanks for the reply. Yes I do have a lamp I could bring out. I was also thinking of putting her in a crate and placing it in the coop, so she could be around the others. (We are getting rid of the 'problem mom") ....Or I could bring her in the house, use a lamp, and give her a little...

Will a 4-5 week old chick do okay on it's own (in isolation) without it's mom. I had to remove it as the move started plucking the pin feathers around neck. Maybe she was eating them?? I have the chick in a spacious cool greenhouse, but she has been chirping for an hour now. She has feed...

Last night I I slipped the chick under the broody mom with the 1 week old, they were all fine this morning! thanks again for advice.. :) :)

It worked! I slipped the chick under our broody mom who has a 1 week old..and this morning they were all doing well! thanks again! sigh :)

Thank you! I have been doing all that, and the chick is doing awesome, might put her under my Columbia rock hen, who has 1 chick, a week old, tonight. what do you think the chances are of the hen accepting her....I tried giving her to my very motherly bantams yesterday, but they have 2 -...

Great thank you. I had her outside for about 10 mins yesterday, it was v. sunny. so the other chickens and chicks could see her. The chick was pretty excited , and I was hoping my very motherly bantams would see her and take her in..they already have 2 2 week olds running around with them...

Hi, I had a question or two regarding new chicks. After they have dried out, how long do you have to keep them in a place with warmth...and how warm does it have to be ...are you suppose to have lights on 24-7 in these incubators. Heres a little background; ... My situation is a little...

Hi, I had a question or two regarding the chicks. After they have dried out in brooder box at 99 degrees, how long do you have to keep them in a place with warmth...and how warm does it have to be ...are you suppose to have lights on 24-7 in these incubators My situation is a little...

I believe it is the chick in the cup that saved his little one...since this picture was taken, 5 hours ago, the chick has absorbed most of his sac is fluffing up in the incubator, has had a sip of water, and I think is doing ok. he does not walk, so I lift him over to the waterer for a drink...

To both of you above: thanks for the reply. The chick that was part way out is still alive. I was just thinking of wrapping him in warm paper towel, well he bottom part of him where the egg yolk is, but maybe I will put him in a cup. I am wondering why his eyes are not open. They have sort...

Our hens are having chicks right now, So far so good until I found one on floor cracked so bad I could see the chick inside, moving a very little. And another egg in the nest that looks like it has been stepped on, pretty badly cracked on the one side. Being new at this and not having an...