Ok to leave chicks....

Birdman18

Songster
14 Years
Aug 8, 2008
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Queens, NY
Hi,
I have chicks in the incubator and wanted to know if it would be ok to leave them in the bator for 2 days? I asked someone to get the heat lightbulb but they didnt get one i'll have to wait until tomorrow to buy one. I hope the chicks will be ok until tomorrow. I'll just have to get the heat lamp on right away tomorrow and after the temperature is right I'll put the chicks in the brooder giving them a little water first then letting them go in the brooder.

Thanks!!
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No Do Not Leave Them In Any Longer Than Necessary After They Dry. Use A Standard Lightbulb For Heat Now And Change It To Red Heat Lamp Later. If You Leave Them In The Bator/ Hatcher You Are Asking For All Kinds Of Trouble And Malladies... Anything From Death Of Starvation Or Dehydration To Spraddle Leg And Everything In Between. Gamebirds Do Not Have The Resources Chickens Do As Babies--- They Need Water And Proper Nutrition As Soon As Possible For Best Chances At Post Hatch Survival.
 
if you put food and water in with them they will be ok, if floor is slick you can put the food on the floor they can walk on it ok and not get leg problems i have 1/4 x 1/4 wire in mine and they do fine in the incubator for a few days
 
We left ours in the bator for 3 days. We put washcloths down for them to walk on, and kept plates of water and food in there. We also checked on them about 100 times a day, too, though!
 
Thanks everyone for your replies i appreciate it!!
I was a little worried leaving them in the bator for 2 days but they turned out to be fine. It looks as though my quail chicks are doing pretty good 2 more hatched which makes the total 8 bobwhite quail chicks. I got the heat light bulb on right away, with paper towels covering the bottom box, and put some food and water and 1 by 1 in they went.


Hope they do ok
 

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