I made a big mistake are my chicks going to be okay?! Ahhh I'm so upset with my self please respond will my chicks be okay?

[Farmgirl283420]

I was out with my big chickens I was going to change but then forgot and went and spent time with my chicks I just realized are my chicks going to be ok it's all my fault!!!

 

[picklestheduck]

I was out with my big chickens I was going to change but then forgot and went and spent time with my chicks I just realized are my chicks going to be ok it's all my fault!!!

I’m assuming you mean for quarantine purposes? Are you big chickens sick in any way? Usually quarantining is to make sure new birds don’t give existing birds something, so if you’ve had your big flock for a while and they are healthy I wouldn’t be too concerned

 

[Lacy Duckwing]

I’m assuming you mean for quarantine purposes? Are you big chickens sick in any way? Usually quarantining is to make sure new birds don’t give existing birds something, so if you’ve had your big flock for a while and they are healthy I wouldn’t be too concerned

2x.

Also, in the future, wouldn't you be putting these chicks in with the adults when they old enough? If there's no disease in the big chickens, then your chicks will be fine. I've gone between hens and new chicks plenty of times and have hatched chicks under big chickens before with no problems.

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

It’s recommended to not mix an existing flock with Marek’s vaccinated chicks for the first few weeks to let the vaccine take affect (assuming that’s the situation here). However, if your existing flock doesn’t actually have Marek’s there’s no risk if they interact with the chicks.

 

[AmeliaBedelia]

What you did is basically the chicken equivalent of going to work and then coming home and hugging your baby right away. Could you pass germs to the baby? Yes. Is it like some TERRIBLE thing you did that they will PROBABLY die from? Nope.

 

[BlindLemonChicken]

I have done this more times than I can count. The only time I practice biosecurity with chicks and my existing flock is if I am giving the chicks away to join another flock. But if they're my own I don't stress because they are going out there anyway. I even put my chicks in with my dying blind chicken once to keep her company. I had to treat them for coccidiosis after that but I was going to have to do that anyway so I knew what I was in for. If you adopt a grown bird (which is why I had to treat them anyway-a grown chicken I had recently gotten exposed everybody to a new cocci strain) then you need to be more careful. I hope that makes sense.

 

[Farmgirl283420]

Thanks as far as I know my older chickens are healthy! I feel better because my chicks are young I just wanted to make sure the older ones didn't pass anything on thanks everyone!

 

[Paz]

I didn’t even know it was a bad thing to do… I had plans of putting the chicks with my old hen when they hatch.

 

[SourRoses]

It is essential to regain your human form before letting the little chickens see you

 

[3KillerBs]

I deliberately don't maintain a sterile environment for my chicks. Clean, of course, but not obsessively clean.

I use medicated chick feed and then, when the chicks are about 3-5 days old depending on weather and my schedule, I put a few handfuls of the bedding from the adults' coop into the brooder to begin exposing them to the microorganisms they're going to encounter in a few weeks when they're integrated.