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[The Chickens' Maid]

Can anyone help me? I've got a JUST hatched baby chick. The momma started pecking him and tossing him. I brought him into the house. He is in a large tubberware container with a thick blanket. He has three desk lamps on him, but he still seems to want more heat. I expected my hen to be raising him, so it was kind of hectic right after birth for him. He seems to be in perfect health. He has a spot of blood on his stomach, but it's not bleeding anymore and he doesn't seem bothered by it. I don't know anything about brooders or raising chicks without a hen, it's my first hatch. He has two other siblings coming after him, they may have to be put in with him. Can anyone give me some advice, please? We have chick feed and a quail waterer ready when he can eat. Help Please!

 

[BigRay]

The first thing is to dip his beek in water and teach him to drink. They sell brooder hood at lowes. Metal shade and screw in a bulb use at least an 80 watt bulb and have temp at 90 or so. Put paper towel on tub floor. donot use newspaper to slick. will be up and moving in a few hours.

 

[Cetawin]

Well you need to get a heat bulb on him or increase the wattage of the bulbs you are using, put him on pine shavings with paper towels over it...give him chick starter, a waterer and put a little bit of sugar in his water or get him some electrolytes to mix in the water. You can feed him mashed scrambled egg to give him a boost. Also, you may want to give him a stuffed toy that would be safe for babies...so he has a buddy in there. If she hatches more, take them and put with this little guy.

 

[Lanissa86]

Calm down. Sounds like mama hen may be new at this or just wasn't up for this part.

First of all you should probably make a run to the feed store for a red "Heat Lamp" (Or do as the others above stated, this may be easier for you)

I would take the towel out of the box and use paper towels for now. The chicks feet could get tangled in some string in that towel.

Here is a VERY helpful link as well....


https://www.backyardchickens.com/LC-first60days.html


Goodluck with the little ones! And be sure to pull the siblings out as soon as they hatch or mama will probably kill them.

 

[SimplyForties]

I had no little stuffed animal to put in with my solo chick jail inmate so I substituted a rolled up washcloth. Seemed to work great, she huddled right up to it.

 

[The Chickens' Maid]

Thanks a lot! I put a stuffed animal in with him. He has food in there; I'm getting the water. We have two heat lamps used for woodworking and stuff, but neither of them seem to work. The lamps I'm using can get pretty hot. The lamps seem to have warmed up; he seems content now with the temperature. He's sleeping a lot. The other two immidiate eggs are close to hatching. I think both have pipped, neither have zipped yet. This little guy was FAST!
He's not on a towel anymore. I switched him to a blanket before I checked this thread. Will a blanket have the same problem; it's a blanket like you put on a bed. It doesn't have threads sticking out or anything. Could I put paper towels over it?

 

[Hangin Wit My Peeps]

My hen (sex link) did the same thing! She ate several of her babies and I happened to come in while one was hatching and saw her pecking at it and throwing it around like she was trying to eat it. I grabbed it from her and put her under a heat lamp with some chicks starter and fresh water. Took her two days to come around and start eating and drinking. She was also bleeding but on the back. I just put some neosporin (NOT with the pain reliever in it thought) on it and she is just fine to this day. Raised with my bantam cochins...they were the only smaller chicks I had at the time.

 

[The Chickens' Maid]

The chick is doing great! He's all fluffed out now and chirping at us. There's another egg just about ready to hatch, so I'm running back and forth between him and the coop. He likes the stuffed animal a lot, he likes to huddle into it. He has food, and he is getting the idea about how to drink. He's SO CUTE!!!
The lamps seem to be doing the trick for the moment. I'm taking them on and off as needed (depending on whether he is staying too far away or too close to them). What a hectic afternoon!

 

[SimplyForties]

Hurray! You might just turn one lamp off completely. That way he can get under it if he's cold and get out from under it if he gets hot.

 

[The Chickens' Maid]

Will the lamps keep the chicks up at night? (we have a second one now, and a third coming) Is there some other way to keep them warm during the night? If not, I have to sleep down there, which means I won't sleep . . . at all.
The lamps are keeping it around 80 degrees (we have a thermometer in there) this seems to be working for them. They cuddle up to each other and sleep wherever, apart, under the stuffed animal . . . anywhere.
Does anyone have any ideas, we don't have a heat lamp available. Really hoping I can sleep tonight. Thanks!