Earlier this year, I started raising backyard chickens. I started with 6 black silkies, however, 3 of them died. Then, because of their deaths, I got 5 more chicks (a buff cochin, a white frizzle cochin, and 3 silkies), 1 of them died. After those grew up over the summer, I've loved keeping chickens and wanted some more! I got two buff sizzles. Now, one of them is really lethargic and I believe that it's not going to make it. The only thing different that I did this time around (with the sizzles, who were 3 weeks old when I got them) was keep them outside in the coop in a (ventilated) box so that the other chickens would get used to seeing them. It's been very humid here in Georgia and I think that could be the problem. The other chick (who I think is a rooster and is named Sam) is thriving and growing every day. Is this amount of mortality normal, or am I doing something wrong? Do any of you have this many chicks die?
