whats going on with my chickens?

[mamobaby]

they are kinda breathing heavy.
they arent churping lous like somethings wrong,
and then temperature is fine [i think]
so whats wrong with them?

 

[dlhunicorn]

what breed? What age? how are they housed and what are you feeding them?

 

[mamobaby]

Leghorn, Brahnam, and Cochin, and Ideal-Poultry sent us these chimpmunk looking brown ones that i dont know the breed.
and today they are 10 days old.
they are in a brooder in my house, eating start and grow..
im worried its the heat, but when i turn off the lamp, they churp until i turn it back on.
some just sit there with their mouths open for awhile and pretty much looks like theyre panting.

 

[raindrop]

Raise the lamp 6-8 inches to see if that helps. Do they have space to get out from under the lamp when they get too hot?

 

[DaveMN]

are they under the lamp or as far away as possible? do you have a thermometer in there so you can see what the temp is where the light shines? might be hotter than you think. also have you cleaned your waterer/disinfected it lately? they can get pretty foul smelling after a couple of days.

 

[Donza]

So sorry to hear your babies are sick. By the way the chipmunk-looking ones are probably Dutch/Holland ones (Willsouth or something like that).

I don't see them very often but the hens grow up to be pretty with gold-ish black-laced feathers and the roos are gorgeous with green-gold feathers and gold manes. I have some that are crossed with silkie. They have very sweet personalities - mine even did tricks.