Chick is Panting? UPDATE

[PattiS72]

My hen does the panting, we got her from the feed store last year. She is free roaming. I am in Florida. I just figured it was normal.

 

[tiffanya]

If she is larger than the rest I wonder if she is older, therefore needing a lower temp. Were they all the same size and feathered a similar amount when you got them?

 

[giefdog]

I have 1 Americana that look like a Chipmonk, that has the breathing thing goin on she always seems to be breathing way faster then the others, yet she is is eating and drinkin and pooping alright should I be concerned the others don't have the problem and they are all the same age 8 weeks

 

[ddcoyne]

I don't think she is older than the rest of my chicks. Some of them that are smaller than her actually have more feathers right now. When we first got them she was just a tad larger than the rest, but grew much faster once we had them home.

This morning she seems to be a little less active than normal. I'll keep you posted.

 

[suzeqf]

she sounds too hot my week olds were doing that last weekend when it got up to 80 it got hot in the shop so we turned off the lamps and cracked the door and as the temp cooled down they stopped panting

 

[chickendude]

I have 4 two day old chicks now and keep my brooder between 87-91 deg f. They seem to do great at these temps. Is the larger one possibly a meet bird? They will develop and grow much faster than the rest. Do they seem to be moving as far away from the heat source as possible. That is always a sure sign of over heating. Over all they should be active and not bunched up or staying away from the heat lamp. Your chicks tell you if they are comfortable or not. You have to learn to read their body language. Many people don't even use a thermometer, they simply moniter their chick behavior and adjust temp accordingly. Good luck and enjoy your new chickens!

 

[PrettyCoy]

What color is the chick? Is it possible you got a Cornish X chick?

 

[chickendude]

I am thinking along the same line! Cornish X

 

[axion_lotus]

Okay. Since she is bigger than all the other chicks, she might be older than they are. If she is, then she may definitely be too hot, because she can maintain her own body temperature better than the younger chicks, and doesn't need as much heat as they do. I'd recommend raising the heat lamp a bit, enough where the others aren't freezing their butts off, and enough to where she is a little more comfortable. Happy medium; it's what I had to do with my week-olds and day-olds in the same brooder. After about a day of this, there was happy meandering chickendom once more.

 

[Dogfish]

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