- Sep 26, 2013
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I have other things to do besides mess with sick chicks. Really. MANY other things to do. I obviously put out the last batch too soon. AGAIN. It was so nice and warm - then BOOM! Cold snap! Now they sound like they are snoring. Rattling away with their breathing. AARGH!
They are only 4 weeks old.
I put them in the broody house then decided better. The broody house is a 10 x 12 play house and I use rubbermaids or old ice chests to compartmentalize the hatches. I decided I didn't want those rattle buckets anywhere near the babies. I didn't even know they were sick when I first moved them. I just felt sorry for them because the bigger chicks wouldn't let these 5 smaller ones roost and they looked cold in the corner. So I moved them, heard the rattle and now I have 5 chicks in the house with me.
Trying to decide on a treatment. I read somewhere that chicks can't feel hot pepper so I'm thinking about a chick/cayenne mash. I can drug them in the morning when I'm not too tired to think about dosages and can read the scales. Off to go wipie down the door in the broody house.
SERIOUSLY!!! Whose great idea was this??
I put them in the broody house then decided better. The broody house is a 10 x 12 play house and I use rubbermaids or old ice chests to compartmentalize the hatches. I decided I didn't want those rattle buckets anywhere near the babies. I didn't even know they were sick when I first moved them. I just felt sorry for them because the bigger chicks wouldn't let these 5 smaller ones roost and they looked cold in the corner. So I moved them, heard the rattle and now I have 5 chicks in the house with me.
Trying to decide on a treatment. I read somewhere that chicks can't feel hot pepper so I'm thinking about a chick/cayenne mash. I can drug them in the morning when I'm not too tired to think about dosages and can read the scales. Off to go wipie down the door in the broody house.
SERIOUSLY!!! Whose great idea was this??