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[wordgirl]

I'm so sorry you lost all five of the others! I hope sweet Liv continues to be a little fighter!

 

[Sleek28]

I don't know what the safety precautions on your brooder heater are, but depending on what they are, you could put something feathery like a clean feather duster or a feather boa under the brooder heater to encourage her to snuggle into it. I wonder if anybody's made a happy chick audio track that you could play for her (I have no idea if this would calm her down--just a wild idea! ).

If you do have a heat lamp lying around and can set it up securely, she might do best under it until you can get her companions if she's refusing to go under your brooder heater. Chicks love light and she may be more attracted to it.

I️ have put a feather duster in and as long as the light is off she stays put and stays quiet. I️ really hope she can stay strong until I️ can get more, until then I️ think she’ll have to stick in my pocket for a bit throughout the day. I’m just worried that she’ll be so imprinted that the other chicks won’t make her much happier. At what age do chicks start regulating their temps? She seems to be surprisingly good at keeping herself warm in my pocket, despite not having direct skin contact. I️ have a hoodie that I️ altered from a pocket to a pouch a few years ago, I️ guess I️ am finally putting it to good use.

 

[wordgirl]

She needs about 95 degrees of heat in her first week, which she might be getting close to in your pocket (you know how a piece of chocolate melts if you have it in your jeans pocket? ). She won’t be able to regulate her own body temperature until she has a complete set of adult feathers, which will take several weeks. Each week you can reduce the ambient temperature by about five degrees.

Out of curiosity, what kind of brooder heater do you have?

 

[tigger19687]

Maybe use a tiny stuffed animal as a friend..... of course chick in the pocket is so much better
I might have to do that if 1 of the 2 still remaining passes... not sure how my work will feel about that lol

 

[Sleek28]

She needs about 95 degrees of heat in her first week, which she might be getting close to in your pocket (you know how a piece of chocolate melts if you have it in your jeans pocket? ). She won’t be able to regulate her own body temperature until she has a complete set of adult feathers, which will take several weeks. Each week you can reduce the ambient temperature by about five degrees.

Out of curiosity, what kind of brooder heater do you have?

Ok that makes sense! I️ use a Producer’s Pride Brooder and Coop Heater from TSC. I️ need to raise it to level 2, I️ read the instructions and it may be too hot right now. That could be why she doesn’t want to go under it. The brooder mode works really well and I’m planning to use the heater mode next winter for my wooden brooder that I️ keep quail in.

Maybe use a tiny stuffed animal as a friend..... of course chick in the pocket is so much better
I might have to do that if 1 of the 2 still remaining passes... not sure how my work will feel about that lol

Lol! She makes the tiniest chirps when she is in my pocket. I️t makes me so sad to hear her cry when I’m out of site. I️ gotta say, it’s definitely challenging to keep her in my hoodie. I️ have to do the pregnancy squat anytime I️ try to pick something up off the floor.

I️ have contemplated using the brooder heater and heater lamp in the wooden brooder as the sides are solid and will most likely prevent drafts. The only thing is that it is on my patio and the low temps will be between 14F-36F for the next 2 weeks or so. My garage isn’t insulated, but it’s 100% predator proof and isn’t exposed to direct wind. I️ usually cover the wood brooder with a table cloth and a pallet to prevent any frost or drafts for the quail but I️ think a table cloth might pose a fire hazard with a heat lamp. If I️ can get more babies tomorrow I️ want to do it right.

 

[Sleek28]

Also I️ raised the Brooder Heater up to level 2 last night on one side and left it at 1 on the other. Liv was able to get under it much easier. I️ also kept her in a dark room. She got loud a couple times last night, but ultimately it went fairly smooth.

 

[tigger19687]

I'm going to do that with the heater too, lower on one side as this morning 1 was closer to the outer end.
This way they can adjust themselves.

 

[Sleek28]

I'm going to do that with the heater too, lower on one side as this morning 1 was closer to the outer end.
This way they can adjust themselves.

Ya it seems to be working pretty good! Tonight will be down to 20F so I’m a bit concerned it won’t work when it’s that chilly. I’m probably going to set the heat lamp up too, just in case.

 

[tigger19687]

Ya it seems to be working pretty good! Tonight will be down to 20F so I’m a bit concerned it won’t work when it’s that chilly. I’m probably going to set the heat lamp up too, just in case.

My 2 are I side, not outside so the outside temp won't matter for me.
I got 2 months before I figure out which coop to use lol
My yard changed from shade to sun

 

[Sleek28]

I️ got Liv some fluff butts! This is my current set upon the wood brooder. I️ might move them inside tonight on a heating pad as it will be 19F. We will see what it is in a few hours. They are in with my quail, who have been bullying the quail more than the other way around. I’m going to check on them periodically.

Liv!