Quarantine baby chicks?

[Biddieacres]

Is it OK to put some baby chicks under a broody hen while she is half asleep? I planned to put about 4 day old chicks from the feed store under the first hen to go broody.

I have read on here many times that it is smart to quarantine new chickens before introducing to the flock. Will I be putting the others at risk with day old babies?

Has anyone else done this for a broody hen or is it better to put eggs under her which I have purchased?

Thanks!

 

[SundownWaterfowl]

I would quarantine them. You dont know if somebody with a sick or diseased flock came in and was looking around the chicks, spreading their chickens germs to the baby chicks.

 

[onthespot]

I got a four day old chick from a friend last month, did not quarantie, wasn't thinking, found out it gave mites to a bunch of marans chicks.

 

[Biddieacres]

Is it safer to get fertile eggs and put those under her? Can they carry disease too?

The other thing with doing it that way with the eggs is I may get a rooster or two.

(I am not allowed roosters in my town)

 

[Dill]

I dont think eggs can carry anything, at least that's what I was told.

 

[Biddieacres]

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OK Great, that is good to know. I always wondered.

 

[SundownWaterfowl]

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That would be best, I think. Just dip the eggs in some Brinsea Incubation Disinfectant before you set them under her.

 

[CK Chickadilly]

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That would be best, I think. Just dip the eggs in some Brinsea Incubation Disinfectant before you set them under her.

What is Brinsea Incubation Disinfectant? Where can you buy it?