Got my chicks! pics on pg. 3

[okieglory]

aww good luck with that 1 chick skitzzzz!!!!!

 

[kyeschicks]

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I'm going nuts!!

 

[kyeschicks]

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not 1 anymore! about 7!!!!!!

I have no clue what the heck is wrong with them

they don't stop chirping!

I didn't know this was going to be soo hard

I don't think most of them are going to make it

I lowered the heat lamp and it's about 106.... but they seem better

they have enough space so that they can move if they get hot so should I raise the lamp so that it goes back to 100f and they start chirping again!?!?!?

 

[lemurchaser]

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not 1 anymore! about 7!!!!!!

I have no clue what the heck is wrong with them

they don't stop chirping!

I didn't know this was going to be soo hard

I don't think most of them are going to make it

I lowered the heat lamp and it's about 106.... but they seem better

they have enough space so that they can move if they get hot so should I raise the lamp so that it goes back to 100f and they start chirping again!?!?!?

Go by their behavior and not the rules. If they want it warmer, make it warmer. I usually give mine access to hot temps and let them decide where they want to be. Yours may have gotten chilled and need the extra warmth right now. With 34 chicks you'll probably need two lamps, it would be too crowded for them all to warm up under one, so you may have some on the outskirts that are getting cold. Also when you take the temp, you want the AIR temp to be 95, so make a little "V" of cardboard, put it in the brooder to make a little tent, and take the temp inside of that. If the heat lamp is beating down on the thermometer it will read a LOT warmer than it really is.

 

[duckyfromoz]

Where are the pics Skitz.... Come on after waiting all this time for them... You gotta show us too!!!!!!!!!!! Hope you work out the problem and you dont loose them..

 

[Want Less]

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not 1 anymore! about 7!!!!!!

I have no clue what the heck is wrong with them

they don't stop chirping!

I didn't know this was going to be soo hard

I don't think most of them are going to make it

I lowered the heat lamp and it's about 106.... but they seem better

they have enough space so that they can move if they get hot so should I raise the lamp so that it goes back to 100f and they start chirping again!?!?!?

Oh no!!! I hope they are doing better now...

 

[cuckoo_orpington13]

Great! I got mine from the feed store a couple days ago.

I have a sick chick too. I'm very sorry.

 

[Ken F]

I got my first chicks from Cackle Hatchery yesterday.
I ordered 25 and received 26- all doing great!
10 EE
6 Barred Plymouth Rocks
5 Black Australorps
5 Columbian Wyandotts

 

[kyeschicks]

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lucky

 

[kyeschicks]

well something is very strange here.... I've always raised chicks like that so there's nothing different on what I'm doing. The only different thing is that they got vaccinated so I'm very curious what's happening to them

I've lost about 5+ already

pics coming soon!

btw, I've decided to sell them all! something really bad happened to me earlier