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  1. trsturself

    Unusually high mortality rates in chicks for 2013

    Fingers crossed for you! Yes, it is hard when it is unexpected. I got the weak one eating and drinking every hour (vitamins, yogurt, etc) and thought just maybe she would make it. I hope the next replacement batch does better. Honestly I expected most of them to be dead when I received them...
  2. trsturself

    Unusually high mortality rates in chicks for 2013

    She didn't make it. She was fine at 11 last night when I went to bed. Checked on them at 8 this morning, she was dead as well as the most active chick we had. I was very surprised to see her dead. She was eating and drinking like crazy and running everywhere. :(
  3. trsturself

    Unusually high mortality rates in chicks for 2013

    We got 6 chicks in the mail today from Meyers. 1 was on the brink of death with no hope of saving. 4 were running around looking fine. The last we are worried about, she's so much smaller than everyone else. I mixed crushed food with yogurt, GSE, vitamins, and water. The smallest took a long...
  4. trsturself

    Unusually high mortality rates in chicks for 2013

    We've gotten 32 chicks from hatcheries this year. 22 of those are polish. We've lost 11 of the polish chicks and none of the others. None of our chicks have shown any symptoms other than just refusing food/water shortly before death. Then they just lay down and sleep until they die. We do a few...
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