brooder babies

On Friday I picked up two bantam frizzle chicks. I got them at delivery so they were only 2-3 days old. Everything was fine and they were both active and eating until Saturday night where I noticed my yellow chick was having watery diarrhea. Since then she has not improved and is sleeping a lot...

I’m usually in crisis in the hatching forum, but here I am. I have a beautiful baby silkie (maybe 2 weeks) and two completely unknown 8 day old chicks. All very vocal and friendly (they like to charge my hand and vie for who gets to sit and sleep in it while my arm falls asleep. Regardless...

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Any thoughts on age? What about gender? My barred rock seems a bit older. They were both straight run but I read up on traits to visually sex a barred rock and tried to go with a less “flashy” EE. I know it’s still early but hoping for some guesses. I can’t have another cockerel.

So. I'm having a discussion with the family about brooding new chicks inside the home. I'm curious how many have done so? and how long? I made it a poll so hopefully easier to keep track of, but I cant really specify the amount of time (yet) could y'all type below how long they stay inside...

Hello i have a new flock of 4 birds.1 week old. Ive posted a pic of my set up below the thermometer says about 91 degrees is this good? They seem okay but in all the other photos the lamps seem so close. Mine is about 2 feet about the brooder. Any advice would be great or anything different u...

First batch of white wing pharaohs, Hatched in beginning of October, 2020

Hi, I'm going to be Ordering chicks for the first time, I've purchased a Cozy radiant heat, and plan on putting it in a large plastic type dog kennel with wire ventilation along the top it seems to keep heat in better than all wire, I have to have it enclosed due to kids,cats,dogs ,for lighting...

Oh wow, when I had my contractor build a chicken run across the back of the old chicken barn that came with my small country house, I was intimidated. I thought, now I've gone and done it. It's built with heavy timber centers and 2x4s, has a metal skirt buried a foot and a half into the ground...

At what point can I move my chicks from their brooder to their chicken tractor? They’re a week old right now. Out temperatures are 30s-50s at night and 70-80s in the day. They’re out growing their brooder faster than I had expected.

Hello all! This will be my first year raising chickens. I currently have three hens: a showgirl silkie, a barred rock, and a welsummer. They are all about 1 year old. None have ever had chicks. In September I am receiving 16 days old chicks from Murray McMurray hatchery. The majority are red...

We have two chicks we got as day-olds, they are both supposedly female. One is bigger than her sister and has different markings and darker beak. I wonder if some of her neck feathers also look pointed? Would be grateful if anyone can shed any light! Thank you x

2-3 day old Chicks

Hello everyone! I’m new to raising duck babes and have been doing SO much research. Everyone says something different but I’m curious what you all think, when should my ducks be taken out of their brooder to live a more independent life style? They will be spending their days outside with a pool...

Hello again beautifully BYC community, So we have finished setting up the brooder box as we anxiously await our 10 chicks to arrive by mail tomorrow!! We created a lot puns cardboard insert which will be removed in a week or 2 to create more space for the babies. We have cardboard on the bottom...

I am ABSOLUTELY heart broken... I lost my first baby chick today. It was so weird and happened so fast. My silver/lavender silkie was totally fine this morning. No pasty butt. Eating and drinking. Running around with her bros and sisters. We left the house to get some slats for the new coop we...

So I'm not new to chickens but I'm new to silkies and hatching chicks. My hen hatched 14 out of 17 eggs 2 weeks ago. I brought her and the chicks in and put them in a Brooder I personally made. Idk if I should have done that. I didn't want the chicks outside so I brought them all in. She flipped...

Oh man I knew I’d become a concerned parent at some point today. So I just got my first 2 caiyugas today, I’m using a 30gal rubber tub with a book as my only guide. In the book it menchion’s briefly about “chick” body langue in a brooder (nothing about duckling behavior tho...) Well my...

I am hoping that someone could help me out. I am not prepared to raise chicks and need some quick solutions! We were going to do this when the weather warmed up and we could build another coop but a fox has Mixed things up a little. He killed a few of our hens and then took out the rooster. Two...

Hi there I have 2 questions. We have just had 2 ducks hatch - 1 at 2:30am this morning and the other at noon today. It is now early evening. Is it safe to put the ducks in the brooder now or should we leave them be in the incubator? The incubator seems quite cramped. The first duck that hatched...