Baby Chick Index-Everything You Need to Know to Take Good Care of Your Chicks
If you are wanting to hatch or raise your own baby chicks, everything you need to know about baby chicks is right here! From hatching them to raising them.
Raising baby chicks is a little bit like taking care of a real baby as baby chicks need food, water, a warm place to sleep, and your loving attention just as a real baby would.
From hatching to pullet stage baby chicks need extra care compared to adult chickens.
Baby chicks must be kept warm and dry, have a safe heat source, a constant supply of complete and balanced chick feed, baby chick grit, clean fresh water, and a safe brooder.
How to tell if something is wrong with your baby chicks
If your baby chicks have everything they need, are warm and comfortable they are usually quiet. If your baby chick is peeping there is something wrong and you should check on them right away. Make sure their cage is clean and dry, that they have food and water, that they are not too warm or too cold (pick them up and feel their feet-if their feet are cold-so are they) and be sure to check to see that they have not injured themselves in some way.
Scroll down to see more about taking care of baby chicks in our Baby Chick Index.
Raising baby chicks is a little bit like taking care of a real baby as baby chicks need food, water, a warm place to sleep, and your loving attention just as a real baby would.
From hatching to pullet stage baby chicks need extra care compared to adult chickens.
Baby chicks must be kept warm and dry, have a safe heat source, a constant supply of complete and balanced chick feed, baby chick grit, clean fresh water, and a safe brooder.
How to tell if something is wrong with your baby chicks
If your baby chicks have everything they need, are warm and comfortable they are usually quiet. If your baby chick is peeping there is something wrong and you should check on them right away. Make sure their cage is clean and dry, that they have food and water, that they are not too warm or too cold (pick them up and feel their feet-if their feet are cold-so are they) and be sure to check to see that they have not injured themselves in some way.
Scroll down to see more about taking care of baby chicks in our Baby Chick Index.
Baby Chick Index
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Baby Chick Equipment/Coops/Supplies |
Hatching & Sexing Baby Chicks |
About Medicated Chick Starter Feed
For all classes of poultry, medicated feed aids in the development of active immunity to coccidiosis, increases weight gain, improves feed efficiency in replacement chickens. Baby chicks can be fed medicated chick starter from 0-8 weeks of age. Vaccinated chicks do not need and should not be fed medicated starter feed.
How to Make a fake mother hen for Baby Chicks
After the chicks no longer need a brooder or heat lamp they may become stressed when you take them away from it. I make them a fake mother hen by putting a perch inside their cage and draping a cotton t'shirt or something fluffy over it like a tent makes the chicks feel comfy and they like to snuggle under it and peek out just as they will do if they were with a mother hen. I have also hung new feather dusters in their chicken coop and they love to huddle under them. They soon outgrow their fake mother hen but still like to snuggle close to each other. I also exchange the heat lamp bulb for a regular 40 watt light bulb and this seems to keep them calmer. Each day I shut the light off for an hour or so, and leave it off longer each day until they get used to it being off and no longer peep for it. Scroll down for more information about baby chicks.
Hatching Baby Chick Index
Hatching Baby Chick Index