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So, just to update this thread since I have mostly been on the Orp thread rather than posting here... we have ended up losing 10 of the 14 chicks. The last few, 2 of which appear to be about 2-3 weeks old and 2 of which appear to be about a week old (although obviously stunted at this point, so...

Oh, I know what you meant about the feed! ...or I should say, I *thought* that is what you meant, I was just sort of clarifying that you for sure didn't mean it was the Purina feed. I tend to agree with you about the Purina. I have seen our birds gradually not do as well on it over several...

Quote: Thank you, Bunny! That is a great idea. I will try it.

Quote: Thank you. You are right- they are supposed to only be shipped as day-olds or adults. I don't know what it is with all these sellers lately advertising that they ship 2-4 week old birds. These birds were supposed to all be day-olds. I would not have gotten them otherwise. I am...

Superchemicalgirl- I don't think what is going on with these birds has to do with the feed since they were dying in the box upon arrival. As far as our flock in general, we don't always use Purina. We vary what we give. We use a commercial pellet/crumble for about 50% of the diet and then mix...

Ding Ding Ding! We have a winner, LOL. That is exactly what I was thinking as well. Some of them were definitely more than 24 hours old. They were double the size of the others and had fully feathered wings and some feathering on their backs. I have raised thousands of chicks. My guess is...

Quote: Thank you. I sincerely appreciate it. I generally try to keep only the strongest birds. The only reason I would seriously consider more valiant efforts with these guys is because I think this is something that happened in transit, not the result of illness or general weakness of the...

I'm sorry, for the second post, but I was just thinking... The other thing that is also different is that the chicks arrived in one day. That is unheard of here. Since we started getting chicks at our house in town, they have never arrived in less than 2 days, even with Express. I wonder if...

I have a group of Lavender Orpington chicks we received last Friday. They are not thriving at all. Two were dead in the box and the rest were *very* lethargic. They are just not normal, active chicks. Since they arrived, about half of them have died now including two today and two more that...