INCUBATING w/FRIENDS! w/Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs No problem!

[lindalouly]

Duckling and I had a bad evening. She was overtired, and I was annoyed with her MIA parents. I got careless, and a PVC pipe popped out of its cinder block (it was arched, and one end in each of two blocks) and whipped me in the eye twice.
Her father showed up an hour later after she was finally asleep.

I am down to a dozen or so. I might be drinking them all tonight.

So sorry to hear that.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Outside during day without a lamp could be a problem. Less than one week old they need a warm place to go.

-Kathy

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Ok thank all of y'all is there anything else I need to know

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I want to agree with bringing them in, put them in their brooder with pine or paper towels (I use paper towels for bedding. Put in a thermometer and set one side at 90 degrees F. Put in 2 small waterers and a feeder. Give them the medicated chick starter and a clean fresh water and a waterer with probiotics and maybe vitamins and stop giving anything else. Your chicks may be fine. But they've been eating things and around older birds and likely stressed at their new transitions. Don't put them back out until they have their feathers. I worry. I might be in the minority but I keep my birds in 6+ weeks then house separately inside my coop.

All good advice has been given so far.

I use paper towels for the first couple weeks too.

The only thing I would add is that in a small space, a heat lamp may be too hot. If using a Rubbermaid type tub, a plain 75 watt lamp is enough. I prefer a larger space with heat on one end and lots of cool space. It is entirely possible for chicks to get too hot and die in a small brooder.
I hung a heatlamp above a Rubbermaid tub once and put a thermometer on the floor. It exploded.
I left 2 chicks that had just hatched for a friend that was babysitting chickens while I went out of town. They got too hot and died.
If the space is too small to have a warm spot and cool space, I would prefer the space to be cooler than too warm. With 9 chicks they can help keep each other warm if there's no draft.

As has been said, if seeking help, it would help us help you if you answer all the questions asked when asked rather than one or two and dragging all this out for days.

 

[kwhites634]

Quote: OUCH! Might be all kinds of pretty colors by morning. Any cuts?

 

[BullChick]

So sorry to hear that.

I am on my third ice pack now. I don't even feel it anymore!

OUCH! Might be all kinds of pretty colors my morning. Any cuts?

Nope!

 

[kwhites634]

Quote: You're lucky

 

[ChickenCanoe]

It drives me just a little nuts when someone has a problem and asks for advice but never answers any of the questions.
I still don't know what they meant by stuck up tail.

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

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[BullChick]

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All good advice has been given so far.

I use paper towels for the first couple weeks too.

The only thing I would add is that in a small space, a heat lamp may be too hot. If using a Rubbermaid type tub, a plain 75 watt heat lamp is enough. I prefer a larger space with heat on one end and lots of cool space. It is entirely possible for chicks to get too hot and die in a small brooder.
I hung a heatlamp above a Rubbermaid tub once and put a thermometer on the floor. It exploded.
I left 2 chicks that had just hatched for a friend that was babysitting chickens while I went out of town. They got too hot and died.
If the space is too small to have a warm spot and cool space, I would prefer the space to be cooler than too warm. With 9 chicks they can help keep each other warm if there's no draft.

As has been said, if seeking help, it would help us help you if you answer all the questions asked when asked rather than one or two and dragging all this out for days.

I agree about the heat lamp needing a smaller watt bulb. If it is in a small space.

 

[kwhites634]

It drives me just a little nuts when someone has a problem and asks for advice but never answers any of the questions.
I still don't know what they meant by stuck up tail.

Sound a tad familiar?

 

[lindalouly]

It drives me just a little nuts when someone has a problem and asks for advice but never answers any of the questions.
I still don't know what they meant by stuck up tail.

He's a kid. You gotta pull it out of them. I have lots of practice with mumbling teanagers. Lol