Worms!

[casportpony]

I agree with @EggSighted4Life and @BirdsBeesTrees, they are maggots. Do your best to keep their brooder dry and they shouldn't be a problem. Me, I clean the brooder at least once a day and that seems to help a lot!

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I agree with @EggSighted4Life and @BirdsBeesTrees, they are maggots. Do your best to keep their brooder dry and they shouldn't be a problem. Me, I clean the brooder at least once a day and that seems to help a lot!

X2 It sounds like maggots under the water station. Could be from a bit of spilled feed, poop and dampness.
I would clean out the brooder - replace all the shavings with dry.

Water stations sweat and water gets spilled, so keep a watch on that area. This last time I had chicks I put a plastic tray covered with a small puppy pad under the waterer, any spills the pad caught and it was an easy clean up. Bedding stayed dry too.

 

[RainbowMama]

Depends on your tactics. You can use livestock fly spray, fly strips, garlic powder in the feed, vanilla car air fresheners, or all the above.

How much garlic powder should I put in chick water?

 

[BirdsBeesTrees]

How much garlic powder should I put in chick water?

We just sprinkle it on their food. Chickens eat it, flies stay out of the feed. When the chickens poop it out the flies avoid the poop. It's not 100% but anything to irritate the flies that love to irritate us!

 

[BirdsBeesTrees]

Just saw your post about them being in the house. This is what I did in my brooders: I put a thick layer of large pine shavings in the bottom, then I sprinkled poultry dust all over them. Last of all I put puppy pads on top of the shavings. It really cut down on the fly maggot problem.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

If the brooder is kept clean and dry, there should not be a maggot problem if the chicks are in the house.