Chicks die in night without warmth?

If they are standing around puffed up and acting lethargic, they are acting sick. If they are running around and active, they are acting healthy. The poop on their down sounds like the poop could be runny. It sounds like it could be coccidiosis. Two week is about the right age for it to strike.

There are organisms in the ground that can cause coccidiosis. It is a parasite that lives in their guts. As long as the number of these bugs is not real high it is no problem, they can handle some. But if the number gets real high they can get sick and die. That bug thrives in wet soil or dirty water that they have been pooping in. It is normally worse in warm weather but can be anywhere. As long as the numbers don’t get too high they will develop an immunity in two to three weeks of exposure.

If it is rainy and wet you cannot do much about the ground but make sure they have clean water to drink if you can at all. If they are drinking out of a natural pond there may not be a lot you can do. But keep their environment as dry as you can. You can get some medicine to treat them. A popular one here is Corid but I don’t know if it is available in Latvia. The active ingredient is Amprolium. You might look for Amprolium instead of Corid.

Good luck!
 
Chicks with a mom in the summer in the northern hemisphere will stay warm enough even if sleeping outside of the hen. You have a different problem.
 
If they are standing around puffed up and acting lethargic, they are acting sick. If they are running around and active, they are acting healthy. The poop on their down sounds like the poop could be runny. It sounds like it could be coccidiosis. Two week is about the right age for it to strike.

There are organisms in the ground that can cause coccidiosis. It is a parasite that lives in their guts. As long as the number of these bugs is not real high it is no problem, they can handle some. But if the number gets real high they can get sick and die. That bug thrives in wet soil or dirty water that they have been pooping in. It is normally worse in warm weather but can be anywhere. As long as the numbers don’t get too high they will develop an immunity in two to three weeks of exposure.

If it is rainy and wet you cannot do much about the ground but make sure they have clean water to drink if you can at all. If they are drinking out of a natural pond there may not be a lot you can do. But keep their environment as dry as you can. You can get some medicine to treat them. A popular one here is Corid but I don’t know if it is available in Latvia. The active ingredient is Amprolium. You might look for Amprolium instead of Corid.

Good luck!
Thanks for information.
I had shavings on groud, and hen always charge them into waterer, I clean it always I see, but chicks has got to drink it, so, probably there is problem with it.

Im gonna give them a raw milk, every each 3-4 day.
That one actually went horrible sick, in next day, after I gave a milk.
If I give it, I give in in 6.00 in evening, and then remove only in next day, 10.00 in morning.
That one even was one with very big legs, after hatch, should be a big boned one..
 

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