Hello to all,
I have come upon three instances in the past two weeks of new chicken owners misreading the directions on the back of electrolyte packages and at least one of these has resulted in the death of baby chicks.
Most packets of electrolytes sold in feed stores are for a variety of farm animals and are in powdered form at a high concentration. Some are meant to be added to cattle or horse troughs and have the directions similar to: One packet for 256 gallons of water.
I recently helped a friend who had three babies die within a week. He had misread the label on the packet where it said "One packet per one gallon stock solution."
The stock solution is then meant to be further diluted to something like 1 fluid oz per gallon, not to be given to the chicks as it is.
Please read the directions completely of all electrolyte packages.
I used a digital scale with my powder, made a small amount of stock solution stored in mason jars and mixed gallon jugs from that.
Thanks, Mary
I have come upon three instances in the past two weeks of new chicken owners misreading the directions on the back of electrolyte packages and at least one of these has resulted in the death of baby chicks.
Most packets of electrolytes sold in feed stores are for a variety of farm animals and are in powdered form at a high concentration. Some are meant to be added to cattle or horse troughs and have the directions similar to: One packet for 256 gallons of water.
I recently helped a friend who had three babies die within a week. He had misread the label on the packet where it said "One packet per one gallon stock solution."
The stock solution is then meant to be further diluted to something like 1 fluid oz per gallon, not to be given to the chicks as it is.
Please read the directions completely of all electrolyte packages.
I used a digital scale with my powder, made a small amount of stock solution stored in mason jars and mixed gallon jugs from that.
Thanks, Mary
