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Help! my 3 week old chicks! please!

Discussion in 'Emergencies / Diseases / Injuries and Cures' started by lucyharper123, Dec 16, 2012.

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  1. Dec 16, 2012 #1
    lucyharper123

    lucyharper123 Chillin' With My Peeps

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    my hens are free range as i live on a farm and i do have a cockrel, it is winter and my hens are still laying but a few weeks ago i found out that one of my hens was secretly sitting on two eggs! they hatched but then the mother took no interest in them, so i took them into my care and i had some bad luck as my bulb broke in my heat lamp ! and i cant get a hold of another one for a while :( so my chicks belle&rocky have been surviving with a hot water bottel and next to a radiator ! but now ive noticed they are making a crackley noise, look tired & unbalenced and this may sound stupid but one looks conctipated please tell me what to do they are like my newborn babys !
     
  3. Dec 16, 2012 #2
    willowbranchfarm

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    So they cant poop?? Do they have pasty butt?? They are probably just really cold. It is very important for them to stay warm, try holding them against you with a blanket for a while so they can warm up.
     

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