can a chick be raised alone?

[THEChIcKeNwhisperer354]

i had the same thing but with my budgies that died 3 died like 1 minute after the other one and i would hear them.

Three tried to hatch but, failed now I tried to help but, shortly after they died.

 

[Gabrielrh05]

Three tried to hatch but, failed now I tried to help but, shortly after they died.

find the problem maybe not enough heat you also have to turn them over. are they with the mom??

 

[THEChIcKeNwhisperer354]

find the problem maybe not enough heat you also have to turn them over. are they with the mom??

I tried a PRO incubater for the first time. I usually use a ice chest incubator or a broody. It didn't work good. Its called Farm Innovators Pro series Circulated air incubator.
https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/p...ulated-air-incubator-with-automatic-egg-turne

 

[Gabrielrh05]

I tried a PRO incubater for the first time. I usually use a ice chest incubator or a broody. It didn't work good. Its called Farm Innovators Pro series Circulated air incubator.
https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/p...ulated-air-incubator-with-automatic-egg-turne

Try using the ice chest with a heat source and like straw or oats and a little container with water for humidity and move them 4 times a day. It has to be 37.5°C/ 99.5°F

 

[THEChIcKeNwhisperer354]

Try using the ice chest with a heat source and like straw or oats and a little container with water for humidity and move them 4 times a day. It has to be 37.5°C/ 99.5°F

The ice chest works almost every time. The farm Innovators is hard to use and no chicks fully hatched. I might get a GQF incubator soon.

 

[Egg Nog]

They can be raised alone. But you would have to spend A LOT of time with it. But 2-4 chicks are better. stuffed animals and mirrors are good ideas.

 

[Blue Raptor]

can a chick be raised alone? how?, I buy only one chick not knowing that they are social, can I raised alone? , buying another chick is not a opcion sadly.

They are flocking birds, and should have more then one, I don’t think she will do well alone.

 

[Mellowmalt]

I've got one guy that hatched on the 25th march so he's exactly 2 weeks old now and has been alone this whole time. He was a bit weak to start with so he sleeps a lot but granted when he wants attention he will start screaming including at 4 in the morning which doesn't really happen when they have company to settle them down. I'd say that is the biggest disadvantage but I am amazed just me telling him to shut up and letting him know I'm there works most of the time.
Any day now I will add him to others that are 2 weeks older than him but he couldn't walk well the first 3 days so was too small to join them.
Has he been lonely? yes but he's worked out a good routine of kicking out his food bowl when it needs refilling and is gaining strength. Any day now I am planning to move him, just need to get a coop ready to free some space. He might be a bit behind socializing but he would have been bullied if I had added him with chicks that were 2 weeks older than him so he's been alone and he's doing fine. I'm sure he won't even remember in a few months time.

 

[DucksNchickenss]

I'd say you definitely could. I wouldn't recommend it though. But if it's a chick that needs saving or that you already have then I say go for it! Just make sure you hold it and give it lots of attention. I know of many people that have raised a single chick alone. And those birds have all turned out to be sweet and happy girls. Good luck!

 

[Tuch baluch]

I had a chick that I had to sepperate form the others. She was sick, and worn out from everything that happened to her before hand. The other chicks were picking on her so I had to sepperate them from her.i took care of her, and made sure she was comfortable. I gave her a stuffed animal, and made sure she had access to food and water, but she didn't eat the food. She didn't seem lonely. She passed away three days after I got her sadly. She was my favorite. Her name was puffs. Good luck with your chick! I hope he grows up to be a healthy rooster!