Venting -- Postal Service lost my chicks

[RedDirtRambler]

I have them. Still alive.

HALLELUJAH!

 

[Redhead Rae]

They are all supposed to go under the broody hen tonight. I'm a bit worried about the one, but maybe a momma hen can give her something I can't. I don't want to brood her separately, and I don't feel I can wait any longer than tonight, as the chicks are already over 3 days old, thanks to USPS.

I would put them underneath mama anyway. A hen who can show the chick what to do can motivate better than other chicks can sometimes.....

 

[Kiki]

I have them. Still alive.

 

[Kiki]

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Here they are! 7 in all. 3 are dorkings (all male, so of course the most healthy and lively looking of the lot); 2 are blue orpingtons, one of which was very cold and listless when I pulled out her; the yellow one is a white maran, and the dark brown is a partridge rock. The rock looks very lively too.

I have them nestled in a heating pad in a room that 87 degrees now and will rise of over 90 in an hour. All have been given ND, and I hope they all pull through.

They were sitting in an air-conditioned room at the local post office this morning, and all I know is that they arrived some time after 4 p.m. when the post office shut down. The only one to yell at was the local Post Master, who has been the only one helpful in this entire process, so I didn't yell at him, lol.

Don't over heat them.
87 is fine for them...for real.

 

[MROO]

The windows are barred.

CHICKEN JAIL!

 

[Morrigan]

Yea! The little orpington final went to the food dish and started eating on her own. Not a ton, mind you, but enough to make be feel better about putting her under the broody.

@KikisGirls -- I wish I could keep them at 87 degrees! They are in my DH's wood shop now, which doesn't have air conditioning. It's 100 degrees outside and 95 inside the shop. I'm going to have to figure out ways to cool them off it it gets hotter than 98 degrees in there. I've disconnected the heating pad, that's for sure.

I was going to move them inside the main house, but then I figured it's going to be over 95 degrees in the coop tomorrow, so they better get used to it. I will be putting out ice containers and wetting the coop down all day tomorrow to try to keep it as bearable in there as I can. Dang heat wave.

Here are some pictures of them going after the scrambled egg and a close up of the orpington I have been hand feeding honey water and yogurt.

 

[Morrigan]

Does anyone have a good idea on how to remove the leg bands that are on two them? I want to get those off before I give them to the broody. Nail clippers?

 

[Redhead Rae]

Does anyone have a good idea on how to remove the leg bands that are on two them? I want to get those off before I give them to the broody. Nail clippers?

Nail clippers or, if you have them, dog nail trimmers work better. Less chance of cutting the chick.

 

[Kiki]

I'm not a fan of wet...wetting down the coop in this type of heat is perfect breeding grounds for coccidia.

 

[Morrigan]

I found a tiny pair of curved scissors for grooming eyebrows or clipping nails, not sure which, just found it in the junk box under the sink. DH and just got them rings off.

I put a frozen snapple bottle at one end of the brooder, in case any chicks found it getting too hot. Already over 96 degrees in there. They seem pretty content right now.