- Apr 19, 2014
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I have had chickens for a few years and now some eggs have hatched. They are from a mid size bantam and mid size rooster.
A larger chicken has gone clucky and now I have 2 baby chicks. Maybe a day old. They are under the clucky hen, but I have no special food or water feeder for them. I have a hanging feeder and a water trough. The weather (Melbourne) is warm during the day and drops to about 10c overnight. The clucky hen i large and seems to have kept the eggs warm during some cooler nights and recent storms, but she sleeps out of the hen house in long grass. I could move her to the henhouse where I have roost boxes with hay but she doesn't use them.
I will get proper food tomorrow morning but what should I be doing in the first 24 hours and week?
Should I put water out in a low dish and food as well? I only have pullet layer pellets right now and red hen.
It is also getting dark.
Any assistance appreciated, as I would like to make sure they thrive.
A larger chicken has gone clucky and now I have 2 baby chicks. Maybe a day old. They are under the clucky hen, but I have no special food or water feeder for them. I have a hanging feeder and a water trough. The weather (Melbourne) is warm during the day and drops to about 10c overnight. The clucky hen i large and seems to have kept the eggs warm during some cooler nights and recent storms, but she sleeps out of the hen house in long grass. I could move her to the henhouse where I have roost boxes with hay but she doesn't use them.
I will get proper food tomorrow morning but what should I be doing in the first 24 hours and week?
Should I put water out in a low dish and food as well? I only have pullet layer pellets right now and red hen.
It is also getting dark.
Any assistance appreciated, as I would like to make sure they thrive.