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    Anyone raise silkie chickens?

    Everything worked itself it I just raised the lamp a little higher. Everyone is now in the coop
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    Help I think I have sick babies!!!

    No they do not send extras I will just get a refund on the birds that died
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    Help I think I have sick babies!!!

    Yes I tried the solution and I guess it’s just the odds of shipping. Out of 18 babies these are the only two who won’t make it
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    Help I think I have sick babies!!!

    I will be if they don’t make it through the night and yes they have a refund policy of 48 hrs
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    Help I think I have sick babies!!!

    And no they don’t wake up they won’t try to run when we pick them up and they keep their eyes closed. My wife and I already quarantined them in their own brooder with food and water just in case they pep back up but I’m doubting they will make it through the night since they are still in the...
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    Help I think I have sick babies!!!

    Y yes I made certain everyone was drinking when I got them home. And I waited 2 hours to make sure they were drinking on their own before I gave them a mixture of chick feed and some hard boiled egg yolks mixed in for some pick me up from their journey. They all had a hand in cleaning the dish...
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    Help I think I have sick babies!!!

    This is what two of babies are doing right now. I’ve done everything I know to do.
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    Help I think I have sick babies!!!

    So I just noticed that the two babies acting strange won’t open their eyes. I’ve picked them up and they still remained closed. Idk if that’s a sign for anything
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    Help I think I have sick babies!!!

    Idk everyone I think I may just be over reacting since I’m a first time owner. That’s what my wife is saying. But I don’t want to act as No you’re fine i need this lol. They seem pretty content just mild peeping here and there. Except when I step up to the brooder then it’s “STRANGER DANGER!”...
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    Help I think I have sick babies!!!

    Yes I got them this morning from the post office. They came from Indiana so it was not a easy journey for them.
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    Help I think I have sick babies!!!

    The chick is in the cooler side of the brooder. I have thermometers at both sides it’s 96 under the lamp and 89 on the cool side currently. I’ve been keeping an eye on them every half hour and they move back and forth across the brooder but this and the other one will stay where I put them. I’ve...
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    Help I think I have sick babies!!!

    The temp is at 96 now it was at 100 the hatchery I got them from said to boost it for the first few hours after they arrive to warm them up from travel.
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    Help I think I have sick babies!!!

    i just got some chickens from the hatchery and 2 of them don’t seem to be acting normal. I followed instructions on what to do when they arrive and all the others seem to be doing well. These two are just laying beak first in the wood shavings breathing heavy. And I’ve noticed they kick one of...
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    Anyone raise silkie chickens?

    They aren’t doing it now and yes my comet would be by herself
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    Anyone raise silkie chickens?

    So I have two 2 week old silkie chicks and they are now laying flat and fanning out their wings? The temp in their brooder is in the high 80’s...common sense tells me they are too hot but they were fine yesterday. Should I move them to their own brooder and lower the temperature? The chick they...
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