Please help sick chickens!!!!

[StinkyAcres]

I have incubator. Should I do that?

If that's the only way you can keep them warm, I guess you can use the incubator for emergency heat. But you need to go buy a brooder with a heat lamp or brooder plate NOW.

 

[Chicken_tiger_catt]

If that's the only way you can keep them warm, I guess you can use the incubator for emergency heat. But you need to go buy a brooder with a heat lamp or brooder plate NOW.

Thanks for the advice you are so helpful

 

[StinkyAcres]

Do you have a desk lamp or something that puts off heat?

 

[StinkyAcres]

Do you have a desk lamp or something that puts off heat?

They need to be able to get out of the heat to regulate their body temperature, so a lamp would probably be better than the incubator right now, as long as you can get them to 95F degrees in the hot spot.

 

[Chicken_tiger_catt]

Do you have a desk lamp or something that puts off heat?

I just got my papa’s plug in heater, bird warmed up and took a poo, poo is watery but otherwise normal

 

[StinkyAcres]

I just got my papa’s plug in heater, bird warmed up and took a poo, poo is watery but otherwise normal

Make sure they can't burn themselves. Are you able to go back to Rural King soon and get a brooder (a large stock tank, tub, or tote works) and a heat lamp or brooder plate? A thermometer helps as well to make sure the temperature in the hot side and the cool side is just right.

 

[Chicken_tiger_catt]

Make sure they can't burn themselves. Are you able to go back to Rural King soon and get a brooder (a large stock tank, tub, or tote works) and a heat lamp or brooder plate? A thermometer helps as well to make sure the temperature in the hot side and the cool side is just right.

No. I will try to get a heat lamp, but I can’t today

 

[StinkyAcres]

No. I will try to get a heat lamp, but I can’t today

Okay, I hope your chicks recover! Again, make sure they can get away from the heat when they want to so they can regulate their body temperature.

Here is a hot spot temperature chart for chicks by age:

They will no longer need the supplemental heat once they are 6 weeks old and fully feathered.

 

[Chicken_tiger_catt]

Okay, I hope your chicks recover! Again, make sure they can get away from the heat when they want to so they can regulate their body temperature.

Here is a hot spot temperature chart for chicks by age:

They will no longer need the supplemental heat once they are 6 weeks old and fully feathered.

What do you think? Got the heater and a well ventilated box

 

[StinkyAcres]

What do you think? Got the heater and a well ventilated box

I guess this setup is okay temporarily (for a day or so). They might still be too cold though unless you've used a thermometer to make sure it's the correct temp inside the box.. You really need a larger box with a place they can sit in the heat to warm themselves and a cooler side to get out of the heat. Make sure you offer chick starter and chick grit at all times.