Take Care of Your Baby Chicks - Choose an empty cardboard box for the chick housing. The box should be at least two square feet per chick.
Cut small holes in the cardboard box to provide ventilation.
Take Care of Your Baby Chicks
Line the bottom of the box with pine shavings about one inch in thickness.
Purchase a chick waterer and chick feeder. These items help to avoid messes and injuries to the chicks. Feeders and waterers can be found online and in some pet stores, at an inexpensive price.
Fill the bottle of the chick waterer with clean water and replace the base. Turn the waterer upside down to allow a small amount of water to fill the base. This water is enough to keep the chicks hydrated while avoiding the risk of drowning.
Baby chicks are pets which can be easy to care for if the proper care items are provided. Often, chick care is as simple as providing healthy food and clean water, comfortable bedding inside of a box and providing a heating lamp. Keeping the chicks inside where they are warm and can be monitored works well in raising them until they are ready to be moved outside, which is usually around four to five weeks of age. - by eHow
Label: