We are preparing for hurricane Mathew 8 miles from shore and our 14 week old chicks r camping in the bathroom but we live in a mobile so we r evacuating West and have to leave the girls here we filled the sink with water and filled the floor with piles of grit and feed for them and we have...
They are 4 wks
They eat Dumont starter feed 20% protein
Right now they r in a giant rubbermate bin on top of the washer with a heat lamp hanging about 1 ft above the non with a towel over one side giving them shade
We didn't have a heat lamp before today but a chic died and we were advised to...
Yea they get right up and I've moved the heat lamp higher up but they are just kind of plopping on there sides and spreading there wings out and if I peak over the box they get startled and get up and then plop right over on there side again
We lost one chick this morning now my 3 others are just falling over only under the heat light are they just sun bathing is it normal when I look in to the pen and they see me they get right up but then just flip over on there side .....
I'm very new and I'm scared (don't laugh at me )
Hello all new chick mom here I lost a baby chick today to bring to cold (We didn't have a heat lamp the breeder said we didn't need one) and I've got the heat lamp but they just keep falling over under it I'm not sure if this is normal ...
Don't laugh I've been sitting next to them for over an...