1 week old babies

[Gatorchick015]

Hey guys and thanks for any advice - we recently had babies hatch (a week ago) - we moved them into the house with mom until they are big enough to go with the big girls - but anyways we put them in their own run in the yard yesterday while we cleaned the brooder out - they are fine when we put them back and they were fine this morning - my husband took his son to school and all within 30 minutes the check was dead. We don’t know what we could have done wrong, or what we need to do better. Thanks

 

[azygous]

Can you tell if it was injured? Any blood apparent on it anywhere?

Can you recall if there could be contaminated soil or grass where you placed the playpen? Insecticide use, any paint thinner or oil drips?

Did these chicks hatch under a broody? Did all the eggs hatch or were some eggs "duds"? If you had unhatched eggs, did you inspect the contents for fetal development or rotten material?

 

[Matilda Belle]

What was the temperature outside?

 

[Gatorchick015]

What was the temperature outside?

Can you tell if it was injured? Any blood apparent on it anywhere?

Can you recall if there could be contaminated soil or grass where you placed the playpen? Insecticide use, any paint thinner or oil drips?

Did these chicks hatch under a broody? Did all the eggs hatch or were some eggs "duds"? If you had unhatched eggs, did you inspect the contents for fetal development or rotten material?

we looked at it this morning and there wasn’t any blood or any type of injury - no we haven’t treated the yard for anything like that - these eggs were from the mama and she sat on them and did all the work - and she had only 2 eggs under her no duds - our chickens are our pets and it just saddens me that this has happened and I don’t know what else we could have done. Thank you for responding

 

[Gatorchick015]

Silkie keeper - it was 65F

 

[chickens really]

What is in the water container? If electrolytes stop using it. It's hard on the heart. Sorry that happened to the little chick. Possibly something internally wrong. I don't think it was anything you did though.

 

[azygous]

Silkies are prone to neurological disorders due to their vaulted domes. It may have been something as simple as Mama hen delivering a disciplinary peck in exactly the wrong place on the little head when that chick had a weakness there. Freak things do happen. It's sad when such an adorable little creature dies suddenly like this.

 

[Matilda Belle]

What was the brooder temperature at? 65 is pretty cold for chicks that little (unless they are hen raised). Too big of a temperature change could stress them out and bring out illnesses.

 

[Gatorchick015]

What was the brooder temperature at? 65 is pretty cold for chicks that little (unless they are hen raised). Too big of a temperature change could stress them out and bring out illnesses.

They are hen raised