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I haven't added anything too the water, and I have checked for pasty butt and they have been fine. I'll add some electrolytes to the water. Thank you for the help, I don't think I'll ship chicks again.

Light brahma, jersey giant and a rare breed mix. The loss has been across the board.

No to both

We use a plastic kiddie pool with sand bedding ( I was told sand was better than wood shavings this is my first time using it) it is large enough that one side is not in the heat lamp at all. We are feeding 19% organic chick starter crumble. The chicks start out normal, active then they act very...

I had 17 chicks delivered on Friday, June 1 it's now Sunday June 3 and we have lost 6 chicks. I've never ordered from a hatchery before so I am unsure if this is the norm. The chicks have food(chick starter) water and a heat lamp. What could be causing the loss of what appeared to be happy...

Saturday

If you have any available I am interested.

Do you still have fertilized eggs available?

Ok so I added 7 leghorns to the 7 delawares. The leghorns are due to hatch on the 23.

Is it me or is that a huge egg?

Ok so it happened again and this time I snapped a pic. How could this happen to a 3 day old chick, I guess it doesn't matter how old they are. I will get the 5 little guys in my brooder started on meds asap. Thanks so much for the info.

Oh how exciting CONGRATS!

So sorry for your lose

Hmmm it actually looks like the Coccidiosis pic. Ok look like I have something else to look up.

Thanks I had no idea there was a poop chart , Ill go take a look.