Its a sad day in our household here; we lost our first baby chick after 6 days somewhere between last night and this morning. Its very disheartening, especially when they all seemed to be thriving. They all look very healthy, growing so big even after only 6 days! I've been keeping close watch on them since the first day...they're all drinking, eating and playing nicely (no pecking). I have been cutting up bits of wheatgrass for them to snack on everyday, which they seem to love. They have grit offered to them in a seperate container beside their regular feed- which it seems most of them are picking through slowly. I even made them a little playground which they love perching on. I put their brooder in our furnace room since it's a nice, warm temperature along with a heat lamp. (The furnace is no longer in use.) Everything seems legit enough. Which is why I was so surprised to find one little fur ball not moving this morning. And now I'm searching for answers so I can stop this from happening again! I cleaned the brooder out this morning and examined the remaining chicks- one had a pasty butt (which I took care of promptly) but thats all that I found was wrong. I know that sometimes you just lose chicks and its not an uncommon thing, but I cant help but feel guilty because what if there was something I did wrong?
Any thoughts or suggestions are welcomed!
Thanks
xo
Any thoughts or suggestions are welcomed!
Thanks
xo