2 day old chick won't move and stands still in 1 spot breathing hard.

[nimrah]

That is just too hot.
Can you raise the lamp to get the temp down to 85 or even 80ish.

the way you say that seems a bit rude. you could have said "I'm sorry to hear about your chick, but it may have been too hot as 80 to 85 is the average temperature" and also 95 is the average temperature just to let you know.

 

[Kiki]

the way you say that seems a bit rude. you could have said "I'm sorry to hear about your chick, but it may have been too hot as 80 to 85 is the average temperature" and also 95 is the average temperature just to let you know.

I am sorry you read it rudely.

I don't need to apologize.

 

[frostic]

I'm so sorry about your chick, if I had read this sooner I could have told you the other chicks were trying to help the chick, by removing the fluff, accidentally harming her as it was too hot hence the rapid breathing and self-isolation. Also for the future, you shouldn't give a medicated feed. Start off with chick crumb.

It is hard but i couldn't do more than I did. i kept her warm and fed her with an eye dropper
but she was just to weak. the hole was 2 times the size of her vent and you could see inside her so i couldn't have done anything unless i seen it sooner. next time when a chick acts funny i'm going to inspect her better. all i did was check her vent and under her wings for mites/lice. didn't think to check under her vent.

The feed store lady recommended to get it instead of the crumble. for at least 2 to 3 weeks
she said it don't have medication in it. It has amprolium in it.

Medicated feed, here in the USA, does not contain MEDICINE.
It is perfectly fine to feed chicks.

Everyone I asked about the temperature says to keep it at 95 degrees till they got feathers. even the feed store lady said the same. I will angle it up more. thankyou.

 

[Kiki]

It is hard but i couldn't do more than I did. i kept her warm and fed her with an eye dropper
but she was just to weak. the hole was 2 times the size of her vent and you could see inside her so i couldn't have done anything unless i seen it sooner. next time when a chick acts funny i'm going to inspect her better. all i did was check her vent and under her wings for mites/lice. didn't think to check under her vent.

The feed store lady recommended to get it instead of the crumble. for at least 2 to 3 weeks
she said it don't have medication in it. It has amprolium in it.



Everyone I asked about the temperature says to keep it at 95 degrees till they got feathers. even the feed store lady said the same. I will angle it up more. thankyou.

Know that just because someone works at a feed store doesn't mean they know what they speak of.

95 is too hot.

 

[frostic]

the way you say that seems a bit rude. you could have said "I'm sorry to hear about your chick, but it may have been too hot as 80 to 85 is the average temperature" and also 95 is the average temperature just to let you know.

I didn't see it as rude. Kiki knows her stuff. shes awesome and helps so many people. it's ok. thank you

 

[nimrah]

It is hard but i couldn't do more than I did. i kept her warm and fed her with an eye dropper
but she was just to weak. the hole was 2 times the size of her vent and you could see inside her so i couldn't have done anything unless i seen it sooner. next time when a chick acts funny i'm going to inspect her better. all i did was check her vent and under her wings for mites/lice. didn't think to check under her vent.

The feed store lady recommended to get it instead of the crumble. for at least 2 to 3 weeks
she said it don't have medication in it. It has amprolium in it.

you did everything you could and that's what matters if I was in your position it would have turned out the same way. chicks are delicate, sometimes you just don't know what you have to do.

 

[Ladav10]

If they arent trying to huddle they aren't cold. Ive never had 2 day old chicks get aggressive.

Mine either huddle or run from
The light. I can’t find a happy medium and running on no sleep with these chicks

 

[frostic]

you did everything you could and that's what matters if I was in your position it would have turned out the same way. chicks are delicate, sometimes you just don't know what you have to do.

I Can't even get myself to bury her yet. I feel traumatized by her dying in my hands. But I did go change the lamp further away. in 10 mins i'll check it again to see the temp.

 

[frostic]

Mine either huddle or run from
The light. I can’t find a happy medium and running on no sleep with these chicks

I'm feeling the no sleep thing too. i only got 3 hours sleep last night and tonight i don't think ill be sleeping.

 

[nimrah]

I Can't even get myself to bury her yet. I feel traumatized by her dying in my hands. But I did go change the lamp further away. in 10 mins i'll check it again to see the temp.

that is actually so sad when I was reading what you wrote it sounded like she was getting better. then when I read what happened I was actually crying so much.