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    Baby chicks dying

    Hi all, thought I'd give a quick update. We haven't lost any more chicks since the last update and they all seem to be thriving! We got the vet out who was extremely helpful. He thought the setup looked fine and that we were doing all the right things, but had some things to try regardless...
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    Baby chicks dying

    The pieces are definitely smaller, the new feed is a crumble and appears to be reconstituted from a mash I suspect. The previous feed just looks like wheat seeds.
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    Baby chicks dying

    I have a sad update... The Araucana passed this morning after a steady decline overnight. I've now contacted a poultry vet to visit the house to check on the setup, the remaining chicks and potentially carry out a necropsy/post mortem on the Araucana that passed last night. We've now lost 5...
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    Baby chicks dying

    Thanks everyone for all the help! I switched to plain water and the new feed. Everyone is loving the new food! Can't get enough of it! Even the Araucana I'm worried about is eating plenty. It still isn't going over and drinking water from what I've seen though... We've been pulling it out and...
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    Baby chicks dying

    Thanks for the detailed and comsidered reply. The feed does indeed contain Lasalocid Sodium 100mg/kg as Avatec/Bovetec. Below is the amprolium powder we were putting in the water for the first 3 days per instructions from the poultry shop and the vitamin solution we were giving them the last 2...
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    Baby chicks dying

    Thanks @AshVau22 , I appreciate the insights. I was only going off what I was told by the store unfortunately, but won't be giving them any more of the Amprolium in their water from now on. I'll also get some new feed (should this still be medicated for preventative medication?).
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    Baby chicks dying

    Thanks Nat, the cool end is roughly 72-77F (behind the water/feed) - they almost never spend time here other than to eat/drink. They have dug away all the pine shavings in one of the corners by the heat lamp - I think this is just because they like pecking the plastic (one started and they all...
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    Baby chicks dying

    Thanks all, I'm going to get a proper thermometer and some chick crumble from a different store this morning. I'll also raise the lamp a little as it does seem quite warm around the edge. @RubelliteRose I think the picture is actually a bit deceiving, they're kind of huddled in the far corner...
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    Baby chicks dying

    Thanks Debbie, the outside edge of the brooder box where they tend to sleep is approximately 86F. Directly under the light would be significantly warmer I'd guess. I'll go to try to find some chick crumble somewhere this morning and give them the option of both. The poultry store seems fairly...
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    Baby chicks dying

    Thanks AshVau, the first 2 died before we introduced the vitamin mix at all, and up until last night, it was at about half the recommended strength. I've since put in some fresh water, and the lethargic one has had a drink when I've dipped it's beak. Hopefully it will keep going back for it, but...
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    Baby chicks dying

    I think this was the last poop that the lethargic one did just this morning. Quite small, a little dry maybe (this is an hour or so ago). I'll go get one of the laser thermometers today, but I've just put a portable one in along the edge of the brooder for now where the chicks tend to lay down...
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    Baby chicks dying

    Thanks for the quick reply! Not so far, I'll put some in now, thanks! Should I be trying to manually get the lethargic one to drink the electrolyte water, perhaps with some honey/sugar/egg yolk or something (if so, what would be best?) in it every couple of hours for the next little while by...
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    Baby chicks dying

    I'm new to raising chicks, but thought I did a lot of research before getting them. We got 8 day-old chicks last week, 6 houdans and 2 araucanas. We lost one overnight on the second night, and another shortly after on that morning. We've then lost another chick on the subsequent 2 nights, both...
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