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I turned the fan back off and moved them back to a cardboard brooder to see if the issues go away. Meanwhile I'm going to cut some holes at the lowest level and screen them, see if I can make the chest freezer work better

Feed is a crumble, I'll check the store tomorrow, they were out of regular chick feed, would 23% broiler starter perhaps be better? Last picture of her foot shows how she seems weak and doesn't use her claws like a normal chick

90 degrees warm side and showing 84 on the cool side, normally brood in cardboard totes from work 40x48 or tape them together to make big areas for the meatbirds, normally use red heat lamps. Got a freezer for free that didn't work and wanted to try a brooder for it, only using 60w incandescent...

Hello, I have baby chicks ranging in age from a few days to three weeks. One by one they are dying. They get weak, stop acting like lively chicks, get tired and droopy, sprawl out and die. They stop using their feet when you pick them up to touch the ground, don't respond to sound, wings...