Is this normal post hatch??

[Pippin quail]

I have a large heating plate that I have set at different levels so the chicks can go in and find the perfect spot. She is just running at the side of the brooder. I have hardware mesh on part of it and she's actually hurt her beak jumping at it. Here's a picture of my heating plate. It's definitely warm under there. And here's her beak. Anything I can put on it to help it heal?

And yes, I have since covered that mesh part with cardboard, but she's still running along it and jumping at the side cheeping loudly. Once in awhile she'll actually go under the heating plate, but she's mostly trying to get out.

 

[Pippin quail]

Why do you have hardware cloth in the brooder?

It's a makeshift brooder using an Ikea shelf, and cardboard boxes. I wanted to be able to see the chicks so left a section with hardware cloth. This was the only area I had on hand when I got my heating plate and it ended up being way bigger than I thought it would be. It says it fits 50 chicks so I needed a bigger area than I had planned. My husband will hopefully be making a better brooder for me this weekend!

 

[MysteryChicken]

It's a makeshift brooder using an Ikea shelf, and cardboard boxes. I wanted to be able to see the chicks so left a section with hardware cloth. This was the only area I had on hand when I got my heating plate and it ended up being way bigger than I thought it would be. It says it fits 50 chicks so I needed a bigger area than I had planned. My husband will hopefully be making a better brooder for me this weekend!

Interesting. I just use a large tote with a window cut out on the lid covered in chicken wire.

 

[Pippin quail]

Interesting. I just use a large tote with a window cut out on the lid covered in chicken wire.

Yeah, I didn't have a big enough bin and this chick started pipping late at night a few days early so I didn't have a chance to go out and buy a bigger bin. Plus the heating plate is really big. I thought this was a good idea but it's turned very annoying and not working well. Hopefully hubby will help me get to work on a better one tonight!

 

[MysteryChicken]

Yeah, I didn't have a big enough bin and this chick started pipping late at night a few days early so I didn't have a chance to go out and buy a bigger bin. Plus the heating plate is really big. I thought this was a good idea but it's turned very annoying and not working well. Hopefully hubby will help me get to work on a better one tonight!

Still creative.

 

[Pippin quail]

Yeah, I didn't have a big enough bin and this chick started pipping late at night a few days early so I didn't have a chance to go out and buy a bigger bin. Plus the heating plate is really big. I thought this was a good idea but it's turned very annoying and not working well. Hopefully hubby will help me get to work on a better one tonight!

Plus I'd seen ones like this, and mine was a feeble attempt to make something similar with what I had.

 

[Pippin quail]

I have not read the whole thread yet but whoever suggested placing it in a cup I just had to GASP!!!
That is how I managed to kill the first 2 chicks I ever incubated. If they flop out of that cup chances of it snapping its neck is high as I unfortunately discovered on my first attempt in a tupperware container.

Never place freshly born chicks into something they can climb and fall out of. Please even if I don't think that chick is healthy if it falls out that height is enough to cause death

Thanks for the concern. The little bowl I used just held the chick enough the he wasn't flopping on his back and not able to get up. Once he seemed a little more sturdy I removed it. He's running around the incubator now.

 

[cmom]

I hope the best for you! I'm in the middle of a quite nerve wracking hatch myself, so I totally understand.

I recently hatched a bunch of chicks and have my last batch for this year due to hatch next week. I have other chicks from earlier hatches in my chick/grow-out coop. Chick TV.

They think they're hiding, Brown and white Leghorns.

 

[Pippin quail]

What I have seen in this behavior is that the chick is really cold. Do you have a Nice warm heating pad. If you have one you can place it on your lap and hold the chick in the heating pad on your lap Make sure he or she is lightly covered around the heating pad and her little head is sticking out I know it sounds weird but I noticed in this behavior they are really cold in my experience

I don't think she's cold as I do have the big heating plate in there and she goes under it to warm up. Plus I think I could do hot yoga in this room, with the combination of the incubator running, the heating plate and the sun shining in, it's really warm in here. She cheeps loudly every time she hears the chicks in the incubator. Do people normally leave them in there until they're actually dry and fluffy? Because the humidity is high and it seems to be taking a long time...

 

[MysteryChicken]

I don't think she's cold as I do have the big heating plate in there and she goes under it to warm up. Plus I think I could do hot yoga in this room, with the combination of the incubator running, the heating plate and the sun shining in, it's really warm in here. She cheeps loudly every time she hears the chicks in the incubator. Do people normally leave them in there until they're actually dry and fluffy? Because the humidity is high and it seems to be taking a long time...

You can move them to the brooder early, but just put the chick under the heating plate to finish drying.