I need help chicks are dying

[lostboy]

They are pooping fine I've cleaned all the pasty butts. I can raise the lamp up.

 

[junebuggena]

I've got an electric brooder on one side and a heat lamp on the other. Lamp area is 96. Chick starter and water with save a chic in it. 10 seem to be fine but I have 3 more that are not looking good

That's your problem, too hot. Nowhere for them to cool down. Get rid of the lamp.

 

[PD-Riverman]

Chicks have to have a cool down area----you can not heat the whole brooder----they will die from the heat

Think of a mother hen---only need a area about the size of a plate heated---or just one end of the brooder----the other end needs to be unheated and have the food and water on the unheated end so the water does not get to hot

 

[PD-Riverman]

Get these post read/caught up and reply back.

 

[PD-Riverman]

Give them some fresh cool water now if you had both ends heated

 

[lostboy]

I took the lamp down. I put it up because some would not go under the electric hen. They are in opposite corners and the water and food are In 2 corners on the opposite end. It is a big brooder.

 

[PD-Riverman]

I took the lamp down. I put it up because some would not go under the electric hen. They are in opposite corners and the water and food are In 2 corners on the opposite end. It is a big brooder.

Chicks will go to the heat---if they are cold. How big is a "big brooder"?

 

[Shannon89815]

Was EVERY ITEM cleaned and free of any harmful bacteria and harsh chemicals before chicks were placed in brooder area?

 

[lostboy]

The brooder is 5ftx4ft. Everything was cleaned except for the wood I made it out of.

 

[PD-Riverman]

The brooder is 5ftx4ft. Everything was cleaned except for the wood I made it out of.

Ok, check the temp under the heated area. You can place the food and water close to that area as long as its not in a heated area, You got a thermometer to check the temp with? What is the floor made of? Wire/wood? If wood, what type bedding are you using?