I have 4 two week old chicks that are fond of pecking the ground and scraping it, and sleeping. Sometimes they will have the odd noise making break, but should I put something into the brooder with them? For example I was thinking of putting an old broom handle sawn off, in with them to perch on, but a quick search on duckduckgo suggests maybe to put in a branch and possibly a mirror and a small pile of dirt from the garden…
I am a little confused, as I thought that those sort of things (not including the mirror) might carry harmful things for them, do I need to clean the branches first? - I don’t even want to ask about the garden dirt…
Can I throw a branch in with 2 week old chicks, or do I need to clean it first - and how? Or am I possibly over thinking that I need to much more careful than I actually need to be.
Yeah they’d love a branch. Looks like a high class chicken area. Appreciate the vid! 😃
another reason to put a branch in.
Just got a fright! I was glancing on them and one was asleep with it’s neck back looking up and it’s whole body was kinda tilted to the right.
Eyes looked half open. I got a fright, made ‘kissing’ noises and the other three reacted, that one didn’t… I thought I’m going to have to put my hand in and take this one out to see what’s going on.
when I stood up over them, the other three started scattering, and it woke up and looked up and around.
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