Please someone help, baby chick constantly crying

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Nibarlan

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If you listen you can hear the rapid fire chirping. The rest of the chirping is just because I startled them. She's been doing this nearly constantly for 2 days and she's the only one doing this. She seems to be eating and drinking normally and there's not pasty butt. I don't know what to do. I've adjusted their heater several times but she still makes the noise regardless. I've held her and tried to warm in case that's it and she does quiet down, but she get's ancy after a while and I'm not sure if she's quiet because she's nervous or quiet because of some issue that was remedied.

I'm at my wits end she makes the noise from nearly 5 am to midnight. Aside from the noise she seems like a normal baby.

Of the chicks she is the youngest it seems and least developed. Please someone help I don't know what to do other than lay awake and listen to her cry and cry and cry.
 
I've had chicks do this when I kept them inside. But they only did it till they fell asleep. Almost like the noise puts then to sleep. I'd put some electrolytes in her water such as nutri drench. The light could be keeping her up. I think from what I could see it's just a regular light bulb correct? That could be keeping them up try switchin to a red bulbed heat lamp.

Overheatin or crowded spaces can cause stress maybe that's what's shes tryin to tell you.

How old are they and what's the temp in the bator?
How many are there and what are the broader dimensions?
 
Squishychicken said:
I've had chicks do this when I kept them inside. But they only did it till they fell asleep. Almost like the noise puts then to sleep. I'd put some electrolytes in her water such as nutri drench. The light could be keeping her up. I think from what I could see it's just a regular light bulb correct? That could be keeping them up try switchin to a red bulbed heat lamp.

Overheatin or crowded spaces can cause stress maybe that's what's shes tryin to tell you.

How old are they and what's the temp in the bator?
How many are there and what are the broader dimensions?
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The brooder is 4x2 and I keep it room temperature other than the heat plate of course. She cries under the heat plate as well. I've noticed she tries to snuggle with the other chicks sometimes, especially the oldest (orpingtons) that have a decent set of big girl feathers. The bulb looks brighter than it is. It's a single bulb of a string light(the rest are wrapped up on the back light isn't visible.) I tried turning the lights out completely and the ALL started crying...afraid of the dark haha.

She's roughly a bit older than 2 weeks old I think, the rest are older at maybe 3 weeks. I got them at a local general store so I don't know the exact ages. I got them a couple weeks ago and haven't had any issues with them at all(save for 2 very mild pasty butts) until this.
 
Turn the light off once they are sort of settled in for the night, they will quiet down. That's one of the benefits of using a heating pad system, babies have a more natural sleep/wake cycle. She may have also discovered that if she carries on, you arrive.
If they are in the house and can hear you moving about, the tv, etc. they will make more noise.
 
A feather duster can work, but we had a lot of luck with a large pompom.

We raised a lone Silkie, who was seriously stressed about his predicament. The one thing that finally settled him down was an extra large, extra furry backpack decoration we call his Mompom. The pompom started out about a handspan across and it looked and felt like real fur. As you can see in the photo below, it's been well loved, so it's a good bit smaller and much less floofy, now.

Mompom1.jpg

When Herman was new and tiny, it hung in the corner of his brooder cage. At first, he huddled under it, darting out for food and water, much like a baby would do from under Mama Hen. As he grew, I raised it a bit, at least until he decided it was better to sit on top of it & watch the goings on around him. Through his adolescence, it was his surrogate girlfriend - and saw the inside of the washing machine rather frequently! As an adult, Herman hauled it all over the house (yes, Herman was - and occasionally still is - a house rooster.) On the rare occasions when he sees it, now (he's outside and the Mompom is with the brooder, in the house,)he still grabs it and runs. He'll sit in the corner talking to it until someone shows up with something more interesting ... like food!
 
I turned up the roomrheater so it's much warmer. I'm going to put in a little plushie or feather duster in there near the plate. Now their coop is ready just not the run would it be a good idea to move the older ones to it in case some of them are outgrowing the brooder?
 

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