Getting started

[Bsmac]

Hello! Welcome to BYC! You have gotten some great advice as @N F C mentioned from @DobieLover and @fldiver97! Best of luck to you!

 

[007Sean]

Howdy, and Welcome to Backyard Chickens.

Happy to have you here with us. Enjoy your time here at BYC!

Thanks for joining our community!

 

[janiedoe]

Welcome to BYC. Please read the posts from @DobieLover again. Its great that lowering their lamp calmed them, but as she pointed out, getting too hot can also be devastating. They are delicate creatures. Keep a close eye on them and do check their butts regularly. Pasty butt can kill them.

 

[muddy75]

Hi and Welcome to BYC!

 

[C Siena]

Greetings & Salutations. Welcome.

Good Advice from the members, I say ditto.

This is a wonderful site on which to Learn and enjoy.
We are pleased to have you in the community.

 

[Debbie292d]

No. It isn't.
Chirping and 'talking' is normal. Loud chirping is a sign they are cold.

% this.

I have about 80 chicks in this house right now, from 2 days old to 2 weeks old, who all peep-peep-peep quietly, but if one chirps loudly, I run. When our power went out the other day from the ice storm, now THAT was chirping!

This is some of them. These are hooked up to a Jackery, so they didn't know the difference, but the other brooder sure did because they were COLD.

 

[Debbie292d]

Oh, and hi! A belated welcome to BYC!