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Thankyou :hugs

Very strange indeed :confused: As I say, absolutely nothing has changed in how I brood my chicks except that it's a larger brooder. Maybe I should re-try the smaller one, although I though the larger brooder with more space for them to grow and move would be better. I've never had deaths when...

Yes they do, lamp at one end and gradually getting cooler towards the other end. The chicks don't pile on one another when sleeping. There is a point in the brooder that is the correct heat for each of the two ages in there. They can freely get under heat and out of heat :)

That's probably right, as soon as I'd put my hand in, the little chicks would run over and go under it, no matter which side of the brooder it was in. I haven't experienced piling yet as I previously said, they all spread out, just the little ones liked to be physically under something. Which...

They were 4 days old. The brooder is set at a temperature at one end suitable for the youngest. The oldest chicks are 7 days older than them. First batch hatched on the 20th, second batch hatched on the 27th September. The brooder is big enough so that the older chicks can move away from heat...

It is, fingers crossed it doesn't happen again :hugs

Thankyou, I sure hope so too! I was thinking of getting a brooder plate to try with my next batch and see what I think. If I do I may put it on a slant like you said you do just incase! Hopefully now that they are separated, things will go smoothly again. Maybe just this time was my time for...

Indeed it is...:hmm They don't usually all pile in one area, they tend to be just roaming around and resting in different areas. It's just the smaller ones must have been squashing themselves under the bigger ones for some reason :confused: I had saw them occasionally doing it but never thought...

Don't worry it's alright but Thankyou :hugs I originally thought that myself, I mean, it's the first thing that comes to mind. However, I know all the chicks are healthy and free from illness/disease. They're all eating and drinking and being the normal little poop machines they are. No...

Hello Everyone :frow Not a very happy enjoyable post here but I thought I'd post it to see if others have experienced this too. So, I've always kept mixed ages in my brooder with absolutely no issues. I've even kept 3 week olds with day olds with no problems at all. Recently I decided to...