- Jul 10, 2013
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I'm a new chick mother, we had 3 little chicks hatch in incubator about 24 hits ago. When they fluffed up nicely I took them out and put them in the brooder.
My question is they seem so small and wobbly, I'm worried they won't know how to eat or drink. I dipped their beaks in water, and I put crumbles on the ground. They don't seem interested in either. So i softened some crumbles in water and they still are not interested. How can I show them how to eat/ drink? Is this instinctive for them?
I'm very nervous as the youngest chicks I have had are 2-3 weeks. So these tiny things are new to me.
My question is they seem so small and wobbly, I'm worried they won't know how to eat or drink. I dipped their beaks in water, and I put crumbles on the ground. They don't seem interested in either. So i softened some crumbles in water and they still are not interested. How can I show them how to eat/ drink? Is this instinctive for them?
I'm very nervous as the youngest chicks I have had are 2-3 weeks. So these tiny things are new to me.