Chicks fighting 6 days old, Normal??

[Raysal]

I recently hatched chicks and my 6 day old chicks keep fighting all the time since like 4am they jump on each other, and peck each other i mean they all jump on each other. They are under a red heat lamp. Is this normal behavior for their age?

 

[LaFleche]

I recently hatched chicks and my 6 day old chicks keep fighting all the time since like 4am they jump on each other, and peck each other i mean they all jump on each other. They are under a red heat lamp. Is this normal behavior for their age?

They should be sleeping. Or do you have 24 h light on driving them crazy because of sleep deprivation?

 

[sourland]

How much space, and what breed ?

 

[Raysal]

They should be sleeping. Or do you have 24 h light on driving them crazy because of sleep deprivation?

They do sleep for a long time but then they all start jumping on each other flapping them wings

 

[Raysal]

How much space, and what breed ?

They have a good amount size brooder breeds are Isa Browns, Turken, and Ameraucanas

 

[LaFleche]

They do sleep for a long time but then they all start jumping on each other flapping them wings

What is the temperature in your brooder and how spacious is it? they need to have enough room to move away from each other and the heat source. And they need a feeder and a waterer in their brooder all the time.
Usually this would keep them busy eating and drinking.

 

[LaFleche]

To keep them busy you could give them a nice dust bath and some fresh broccoli sprouts and fresh carrots to peck on.
Mine love it.

 

[LaFleche]

They have a good amount size brooder breeds are Isa Browns, Turken, and Ameraucanas

Please upload a picture of your set up for us.

 

[NatJ]

They do sleep for a long time but then they all start jumping on each other flapping them wings

It sounds normal to me.
Chicks like to do that, especially when they first wake up.
It's like how puppies run around and play-fight, or children run around and yell.

Of course you need to be sure they have enough space. And make sure they also have other things to do (food to eat, water to drink, something to scratch in and dustbathe in, maybe some low perches to practice sitting on.)

But a certain amount of crazy running and flapping is normal and healthy.
And a certain amount of challenging each other and "fighting" is also normal and healthy.
I've noticed that seems to happen most in the morning, as if they wake up full of energy and need to do something with it

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Ive noticed naked necks seem to be insrigators as chicks. Everyone ive had, even inder a broody mama would try to start things.