The peeping wont stop. Im tired. It's 11pm. Help.

[Liza728w]

I hatched out some chicks yesterday and today. They are doing great and they are in a warm brooder.

I made the mistake of holding one of the chicks for too long today and now it thinks I'm it's mother. It won't stop peeping for me. It's been a couple hours of on and off peeps from JUST that one chick. As soon as it sees me it runs at me and makes happy chirps. I am so tired. Help. Any ideas appreciated so I can actually sleep.

Garage is too cold for them so they are in the house.

 

[Chookwagn]

Do you have a heat pad or a heat lamp on them?

 

[Liza728w]

Do you have a heat pad or a heat lamp on them?

Yep. I have a red light heat lamp. All of the other babies are quiet and trying to sleep but this one.

 

[Chookwagn]

Hmmm fun one.... darkness definitely helps them go to sleep... it will get over it pretty quickly but you might just have to shut the door and walk away. As hard as it may be

 

[Lacy Duckwing]

Put on some white noise like a dryer or a fan somewhere between you and the chicks. Sorry that it misses you.

 

[SilverBirds]

I agree with Chook. You just need to walk away and he'll quiet down after a little while.

 

[carlaashdown]

I hatched out some chicks yesterday and today. They are doing great and they are in a warm brooder.

I made the mistake of holding one of the chicks for too long today and now it thinks I'm it's mother. It won't stop peeping for me. It's been a couple hours of on and off peeps from JUST that one chick. As soon as it sees me it runs at me and makes happy chirps. I am so tired. Help. Any ideas appreciated so I can actually sleep.

Garage is too cold for them so they are in the house.

I had a chick once that would peep loud when she was tired. I’d pick her up and put her in my shirt. She’d snuggle in and go to sleep. Once she was asleep, I could place her under the heat plate with her sisters. Just like having a newborn baby. You’re not spoiling them, you’re giving them what a mama hen would.
She only did that for about a week then she was more independent.

 

[southwestclucker]

I remember the first couple of weeks after I got chicks for the first time, in March....the peeping was constant and their brooder was right next to my desk, where I work all day....the first time I left the house, I could actually "hear" phantom peeping in the car, it was nuts...

 

[zenstarling]

if they're under a brooding plate in darkness at night, instead of a heat lamp with constant light, they get quiet at dusk and stay that way all night!

 

[McChooky]

It'll stop peeping if you'll hold it till it goes to sleep and put it back.