kirak74
In the Brooder
- Jan 22, 2017
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Hi all,
We received our chicks on Tuesday and just lost a second one (out of 15) tonight (the other died this morning). Both seemed fine yesterday. They are on medicated feed and we are using a heat plate that they spend some time under, but not a lot (they do sleep under it at night). I know chicks sometimes die for no reason, but just want to rule out anything it could be on our end. They both had a little case of pasty butt, but nothing terrible and we cleaned them up. We have been running a space heater in the room they are in because its a rather chilly bathroom. I'd say it's about 80 degrees in the room. Is that too warm? I know they need 95, which they get from the heat plate, but can the room in general be too warm? I don't see signs of them being too hot (no panting). Should I turn the temp down in the room (they would still have the heat plate of course)? Thanks!
We received our chicks on Tuesday and just lost a second one (out of 15) tonight (the other died this morning). Both seemed fine yesterday. They are on medicated feed and we are using a heat plate that they spend some time under, but not a lot (they do sleep under it at night). I know chicks sometimes die for no reason, but just want to rule out anything it could be on our end. They both had a little case of pasty butt, but nothing terrible and we cleaned them up. We have been running a space heater in the room they are in because its a rather chilly bathroom. I'd say it's about 80 degrees in the room. Is that too warm? I know they need 95, which they get from the heat plate, but can the room in general be too warm? I don't see signs of them being too hot (no panting). Should I turn the temp down in the room (they would still have the heat plate of course)? Thanks!