5 days old chicks dying one after another

[miskyst]

I incubated the chicks. 5 hatched out of 13. Three “healthy” ones, one has splayed legs, another has wry neck.

The “healthy” ones have been eating in the start and drinking normal. Then about 2-days old one chick stopped eating/drinking and slept a lot in a corner. The next morning the chick died. The exact same happened to a second chick two days later. Now the only “healthy” one left was pretty active today but I’m so worried every time it falls asleep in a corner!!!!

 

[miskyst]

I did find a thread with similar symptoms but I decided to start my own thread since that thread is 9 years old.

 

[miskyst]

Still breathing, but according to experience it’s not gonna last.

I think it just got up to drink water but now it’s back.

It looks small cuz it’s a bantam.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

What's the temperature in the brooder? Have you checked them for pasty butt? Are they cheeping a lot or holding their wings out to the side?

 

[miskyst]

What's the temperature in the brooder? Have you checked them for pasty butt? Are they cheeping a lot or holding their wings out to the side?

92 degrees. They don’t seem to huddle together.

No pasty butt. This yellow one does chirp LOUD when it steps into the water. ( Therefore I have changed the waterer into one they can’t get themselves wet)

 

[miskyst]

What's the temperature in the brooder? Have you checked them for pasty butt? Are they cheeping a lot or holding their wings out to the side?

This one does have trouble standing still or walking straight though, but it was pretty active this morning so I guess as it gets older it’ll be fine (?

 

[Slothinc]

What is the heat source? Is it colder in the corner where they are falling asleep? So sorry you have lost some of them

 

[BigBlueHen53]

I'm wondering if they're too hot. Is the whole brooder that temperature, or is there a section that's cooler, that they can move to if they're too hot.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Is the heat lamp on all the time? Can you swap it out with a red heat lamp at night so they can get some sleep? The bright white light might be keeping them awake 24/7.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I incubated the chicks. 5 hatched out of 13. Three “healthy” ones, one has splayed legs, another has wry neck.

The “healthy” ones have been eating in the start and drinking normal. Then about 2-days old one chick stopped eating/drinking and slept a lot in a corner. The next morning the chick died. The exact same happened to a second chick two days later. Now the only “healthy” one left was pretty active today but I’m so worried every time it falls asleep in a corner!!!!

It looks small cuz it’s a bantam.

This one does have trouble standing still or walking straight though, but it was pretty active this morning so I guess as it gets older it’ll be fine (?

I'm sorry for your losses.

They are bantams, so are they able to eat the chick crumble o.k.?
For tiny babies like this, I usually grind feed up very fine in a blender of food processor until they are a couple of weeks old.
Or you can offer them some wet mushy feed.

Work on hydration. Give your chick drops of sugar water. If you have Poultry Nutri-Drench, give her 1-2 drops twice a day.

Is the chick that is not doing well one of the "healthy" ones or one that hatched with some issues? If it hatched with some issues, it may be failure to thrive and no matter what you try, they just don't make it.