New brooder and chicks

[gimmie birdies]

alot of breeds look like that. sussex, EE

 

[debid]

75 at furthest point from lamp. They were together not on top of each other tho just behind the light not directly under it.

So the light is still too hot but at least they can get away from it. It might help to move the light to the outside of the brooder so it's up higher. You'll get a larger circle of less intense heat that way. Or, if you have a lower wattage bulb, it doesn't have to be a heat lamp to put out enough warmth.

 

[CluckAcres]

alot of breeds look like that. sussex, EE

I thought they said it had feathers on it legs. In that case it wouldnt be sussex or EE.

 

[gimmie birdies]

patterns.

 

[gimmie birdies]

I was just talking patterns, not feather leggedness.

 

[debid]

LOTS of chicks are born looking like downy chipmunks. I don't think the OP asked what breed the dead chick was, though, so it would be more tactful to have this discussion privately.

 

[CluckAcres]

I was just talking patterns, not feather leggedness.

oh i agree then. I have a 3 chicks that have that pattern but only 1 is a cochin. lol I will have to go back to the beginning of the post and start over reading. LOL Sometimes when you look at so many threads I start to mix them up.

 

[CluckAcres]

LOTS of chicks are born looking like downy chipmunks. I don't think the OP asked what breed the dead chick was, though, so it would be more tactful to have this discussion privately.

Yea the OP said they didnt know what they was. They said they came out of the Bantam assortment. I was just trying to help figure out what breeds they might have. And all i was saying is the twins (one that died) looks like my little cochin (even with the same pattern and feathery legs).