We had a hatch of joyous peepers on wed 4/8 - 4/9 of 4 beautiful Lite Brahma chicks. All appear lively, happy, learning and running in the brood box.
We are running a 90-94 degrees beneath the lamp with ample area to get into the cooler temps.
One chick sounds like its lost, cold, missing litter mates...as it stands beneath the heat lamp with the other chicks. Picking it up, it will quiet down, so I cut open sides on a berry box, which helped for a while and you would find him under it.
Size is slowly showing as the others are growing, even tho I see this one eat and drink.
The standing and lying down is interesting as it likes to have one foot under it, as it finds a place to sleep with one foot down, over the news paper in the corner.
Any suggestions what I can try? It sounds like a lost chick and I cannot go around holding a chick in my shirt all day!!!
This morning I've tried some scrambled egg in hopes that it would be fuller, yet I have yet to witness it eating egg.
Thank you in advance for any suggestions!
We are running a 90-94 degrees beneath the lamp with ample area to get into the cooler temps.
One chick sounds like its lost, cold, missing litter mates...as it stands beneath the heat lamp with the other chicks. Picking it up, it will quiet down, so I cut open sides on a berry box, which helped for a while and you would find him under it.
Size is slowly showing as the others are growing, even tho I see this one eat and drink.
The standing and lying down is interesting as it likes to have one foot under it, as it finds a place to sleep with one foot down, over the news paper in the corner.
Any suggestions what I can try? It sounds like a lost chick and I cannot go around holding a chick in my shirt all day!!!
This morning I've tried some scrambled egg in hopes that it would be fuller, yet I have yet to witness it eating egg.
Thank you in advance for any suggestions!