2 week old chicks that mother died

[Anitaw]

What do do with 2 week old chicks that mother died? Have them inside in warm hen house is there anything else I can do or give them?

 

[HappyClucker7]

Bring them into your garage, and make some kind of pen for them to live in. Give them a heat lamp to stay warm. Keep them like that until they are fully feathered. Then you can put them back outside.

 

[turkey girl 0964]

What do do with 2 week old chicks that mother died? Have them inside in warm hen house is there anything else I can do or give them?

Do you have another broody hen that you could put them under?

 

[Kiki]

2 week old chicks shouldn't need a mother hen around to survive.

They should do fine just by themselves.

Do you know why the mother died?

 

[Kiki]

If something attacked and killed the mother then you might want to make sure that nothing can attack until the chicks.

 

[microchick]

I had a broody hen die when her lone surviving chick was 3 weeks old. He is a little SDW-OEGB. Just give your babies a safe place and a lot of attention. My baby wound up bonding to me almost immediately and would follow me around and want to be held and cuddled until he was about 4 months old. Then like any youngster, he was ready to leave the nest and be a rooster.

To this day I know him and he is still super friendly towards me.

Sorry you lost your brood hen. Unfortunately it does happen. Brooding puts a tremendous strain on a hen physically and some just don't make it through the process.

Best wishes.

 

[Anitaw]

Bring them into your garage, and make some kind of pen for them to live in. Give them a heat lamp to stay warm. Keep them like that until they are fully feathered. Then you can put them back outside.

They are in a warm house now

 

[Anitaw]

If something attacked and killed the mother then you might want to make sure that nothing can attack until the chicks.

No definetly not