Chick making hole under heat lamp

Saaan13

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Jul 6, 2022
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One of the chicks just keeps kicking the wood shaving out of the way under the heat lamp and making a mess of the water and food troughs 😂 why is she doing that??
 

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Normal chicken behavior :jumpy she's practicing! Chickens scratch in the dirt to look for seed, bugs, whatever, and to make a shallow bowl in which to dust bathe. Just wait until she starts kicking and flopping around in the little hole - you'll think it's convulsions! LOL. Perfectly normal. To keep the food and water clean, lay something flat in the brooder to make a low platform, about 1-inch. Like a piece of board or plywood, scrap of a doormat, even a small pie pan turned upside down. Put your feeder and waterer on that to keep them above the wood chips.
 

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