Today I found my three day old chick overheated in it box. I gave it cpr and after a minute it started to breath. While I was trying to cool it down it started to move but even after an hour it can only kick it’s legs. Please tell me what I should do!
Hello All,
I'm just past the emergency part of an overheated 3-month old Nankin Bantam cockerel in serious heat distress and could use some advice about getting him back outside.
We've got pre-Fair testing this weekend, so I've got some of our youngsters kenneled on the front porch for easy...
I have a quick question, today I noticed one of my ducklings panting. He was sitting near the other two but only he looked to be panting but the heat lamp wasn’t as close to him. I have the heat lamp to the far left side of the brooder in order to have a warm area for them and a cooling area as...
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
In 2015 I got 4 chickens. After an incident we gave them away. Then in March 2018 I got 2 more. My baby Sephora is what my account is named after.
(2) How many chickens do you have right now?
I own 2 currently.
(3) What breeds...
Several years ago, I built an incubator using an old RV refrigerator. I was proud of it (it actually worked!). I joined BRC and submitted an video of it; Recently, I dug it out of my shop and used it for another hatch. I had a component failure (bearings in the squirrel cage blower froze up)...
My babies seem to be getting a little hot already (all hiding in whatever shade they find) and I was thinking of getting a mini personal A/C device (the kind thats no bigger than a cellphone) or mini fan to put in the coop to give them a cool spot.
Has anyone done this and have suggestions on...