well I ended up losing all but 4 I thought those were fine but went out this AM and I have 2 left one fluffed up and if you touch it it falls over or stumbles the other is acting fine but I don't know if he'll be ok in the morning I have been treating the with corid and it doesn't seem to be...
so the chicks are doing fine today I have a frozen 5 gallon bucket in each corner of the pen now so hopefully they'll do fine thanks for all the replies ! I'm so ready to get moved so that they can roam the whole yard instead of just the pens and runs !
my hubby thinks it's the heat the brooder pen is under shade and has a fan I'm gonna try putting frozen 5 gallon buckets out there see if it helps any I read that some where i never really thought about heat being a problem as long as they had water the meds are pulling up now so just in case...
OK, first how old are they? What does their poop look like? What is the brooder situation? What are they eating? It might be most anything, heat ,cocci , gnats, vitamins, etc. We need some more info please! Try the sticky at the beginning of the emergency thread.
they are 3-4 weeks old...
o k yesterday when I went to feed my chicks I found one dead I of course freaked out but my hubby said it was probably just the heat so I didn't think anything about it all the others were bright happy running around pecking my toes and what not now I went out today to find 4 more dead and 1...