Chicks got wet

[Julesstarohio56]

Hello. We had a wonderful hatch of 31 chickens yesterday, and put them in a tote overnight with a heat lamp and somehow the water leaked all the way out and the chickens are soaking wet. I put them back in the incubator with a few more that had hatched overnight. They’re covered in water and feed because there was food on the floor of the tote. Is there anything I can do to help them?

 

[5Australorpasaures]

Incubator was good quick fix.. Could have used a hair dryer on low heat/ low flow then back in the incubator, The little buggers are tougher than you think.

 

[Buckingham Palace]

You can try to carefully get the food off with a towel and then blow dry them. Try to keep the blow dryer far away from them so you don’t burn Them. You can also just dry them off with a towel so that they are no soggy and if it’s not to cold let them air dry.

 

[Julesstarohio56]

Sorry I didn’t see these! They were under the sort by reaction score? Thanks so much, though. I did leave them in the incubator about 3 hours on a tad warmer. They are back in the brooder with electrolytes and food/mash. All are alive, and that’s a big relief. They were our hens’ eggs, so we are being extra watchful, especially since we’ve never incubated before. Disaster averted, hopefully. Haha God bless you early risers!

 

[Buckingham Palace]

thats good. Happy to hear it.

 

[gotta_start_somewhere]

Hello. We had a wonderful hatch of 31 chickens yesterday, and put them in a tote overnight with a heat lamp and somehow the water leaked all the way out and the chickens are soaking wet. I put them back in the incubator with a few more that had hatched overnight. They’re covered in water and feed because there was food on the floor of the tote. Is there anything I can do to help them?

Thank you so much for asking this, I just woke up to distressed cheeps and found the same problem. I have no idea how it happened. It looks like they all jumped in a swimming pool. Thank you all who helped answer

 

[Julesstarohio56]

Thank you so much for asking this, I just woke up to distressed cheeps and found the same problem. I have no idea how it happened. It looks like they all jumped in a swimming pool. Thank you all who helped answer

 

[Julesstarohio56]

What?! Isn’t that freaky? I was so glad when all of them dried out. Only one died a few days later and I think it was just under a pile of other chicks. All are doing really well now and some have left for other homes. How are your chicks doing now?