Also, make sure they aren't too warm, hot chicks get cranky. The temp for week old chicks should be 87 to 88 on the floor beneath the lamp, cool on the opposite side of the brooder. Chicks need things to do too, you don't want them picking at toes and eye balls. I like to put in branches and roost bars to give them places to exercise, climb abd escape each other. I also use a cereal box cut down and add chick starter, Alfalfa leaves and a sprinkling of parakeet sand and these things entertain themselves for hours, they don't have time to pick on one another.28/29 days later and I have 5 little fuzz balls from freezing eggs thanks to you all!
So, if I may ask another question... 2 yellow and 3.. uhh... multicolored? The 3 darker chicks are pecking at the 2 new yellow chicks. Is this because they are the new chicks on the block and how do I fix it? They have plenty of room (half heated, all lit but the camera makes it look dark and red) and plenty of food and water available. In the pic, you can see they have a chick cornered and they don't do it constantly but it's like they all talk in a huddle and decide to gang up on the yellow guys. I tried to separate the 3 and 2 but the yellow one (the oldest of the 2 yellow ones) just sat at the screen and cried.