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  1. M

    5 day old chicks sleeping away from heat plate

    My chicks are 5 days old today. Yesterday, I noticed a couple sleeping away from the heat plate but would eventually go in and out. Today when checking in on them on the camera I noticed they started sleeping on the opposite side of the brooder away from the heat plate in a big pile on top of...
    • MountHelen
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    • advice baby chick behavior brooder cold chick heat plate pasty butt temperature
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    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
  2. HoneydewTears

    Chick with Lots of Mucus Sleeping a lot Not Eating

    One of the malnourished chicks I took in suddenly became ill. She has a lot of mucus in her mouth at times, which is clear, and it soaks her pillow when she sleeps. She sleeps a lot and can’t warm herself up so I’ve had her wrapped in a blanket. When I first brought her inside yesterday, she...
  3. L

    How cold can a quail chick survive?

    I have quail chicks and Its around 120 degrees where i am which is why I can’t keep them outside unless at night. my heat lamp broke and i cant get one until tomorrow. My house is around 76 degrees and i keep them in the garage since its a bit cooler and bring them in once in a while. i would...
    • Lowmask2
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    • cold chick quail chicks
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: Quail
  4. A

    How dumb are they really???

    First time chick owner here. They are four weeks old tomorrow. We have had a stretch of 90 degree days and so I moved their chicken brooder pen out to the coop (which has a window but it 100% closed off- dimensions are about 6x8 and 5 birds). For the last 2 days I have taken the pen away and...
  5. M

    Hi! Advice and help needed!

    Hi!, It's my first time incubating eggs and we hit day 22. Out of thirty eggs 11 have hatched and are currently in the brooder. We have only opened the incubator twice so far, once yesterday and once today to assist a hatch. That chick is in the incubator right now and is asleep and breathing...
  6. C

    Quail Chicks not under heat plate

    My quail babies are a week old and I moved them to their bigger cage for a little more space. In the smaller space they would all sleep under the heat plate. In the bigger space all are under the heat plate except for 4 of them are sleeping together in the middle of the cage. I do live in...
    • CarleeG
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    • cold chick heat plate quail chicks
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Quail
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