It is a big plastic tote. I'm using a 250 watt heat lamp. They are on pine shaving as bedding, but I like to cover it with a layer of paper towels, which I change daily.
This is the same set up as I had with a batch of chicks I oredered from a hatchery in February.
This afternoon I raised the...
I've put drops of vet rx on each chick. No changes. Also, gave them, scrambled eggs for breakfast. I'm hoping this will help.
If anyone has experience or advice, I'd love to hear it.
Can these things just run their course without intervention?
My son's kindergarten class got some local eggs to incubate for the class, they had extra and sent them home with me. We hatched 6 on Wednesday.
They are four days old. Today I noticed at least three of them are sneezing and panting. We do have other chickens, but these chicks have been...