Chicks have hatched When to water?

[bart40330]

I have hatched my first chicks. I feel very accomplished.

How long after they hatch do they need food and water? When I ordered their parents last year, they lived for three days in a box with no water or food.

 

[Tuffoldhen]

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You should have your brooder already set up with food and water available. As soon as the hatch is completed and the chicks are fluffy and dry, they need to go into the brooder box. I don't let the chicks go longer than 2 without.