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I did. They were absolutely not helpful at all. The woman on the phone was very dismissive and acted like it was no big deal. I made sure to inform her that the chick came to me sick from the post office. She just said its important to keep my birds from other infected birds...

Wednesday Evening: Tuesday morning I found an Ameracauna in the "healthy" brooder with symptoms. I moved her to the sick brooder. She declined rapidly. I thought she would pass by this morning but she is still alive, still fighting. She seems to be doing better but these small chicks go down so...

I just want to document what I've done so far. 1 additional Americana is now showing symptoms. She was in the "healthy" brooder. She's now been moved to the "sick" brooder. The blue cochin has improved. I still hear the crackling but its less. The baby red sex-link is worse. The first...

It's a basic plastic storage "tough box", the 40 gallon one. There is a 20-chick sized brooder plate with a food and water dish. The bedding is large-flake pine shavings from Tractor Supply. Thank you for your recommendations! So far all the baby chicks are living but I plan to purchase some...

The sick buff orpington passed yesterday evening. There are 3 still showing symptoms this morning. The other 5 are still healthy and show no symptoms yet. My treatment other than quarantine will be as follows: Sugar-water with save-a-chick electrolytes. (2 tablespoons of sugar per cup of...

Hatchery. Air flow should be good its in a room where the fan runs and there is a radiant heat brooder for them to get under. There was a water spill yesterday right after set up but I immediately changed all the pine shavings. The Houdan came out of the box sick... I realize that now. He had a...

1) What type of bird , age and weight (does the chicken seem or feel lighter or thinner than the others.) This is a mixed flock. 1 Houdan is actively dying (Just edited to add the Houdan has died) The sick ones are: 1 Amerecauna, 1 blue cochin, 1 Buff Orpington, 1 Red sex-link. All arrived...

Thank ya'll so much!

So, like everyone else who orders a mystery chick from Murray McMurray I want to know what I've been gifted (Just received this morning). I was thinking Ancona but this little chick has 5 toes! I don't think its a Dorking because there are now stripes at the eyes. Not a Faverolle because the...