So sorry Brie, don't have a clue, sometimes it can be in their DNA and they just were not healthy enough to thrive. If you have access to a vet, maybe they could diagnose if it should happen again, although I'm hoping it will not.
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I am sorry for your loss and troubles. It sucks when things like this happen but it sounds like you did all you could do. I sell silkie chicks if you decide you want to try it again. I try not to sell just one because it would be all alone or picked on by the others. Anyway, if you were interested we could always figure something out. I just thought to offer. Again, sorry for your loss. Sometimes they just happen.Hi everyone I have had a rough night so far. My favorite little silkie is about to die and there is nothing I can doI've been dipping her beak in water with electrolytes and sugar for the past 2 hours and tried everything to get her to eat. I feel like such a bad momma that I did not take her napping all the time as a serious concern. I did notice she was a bit smaller than my other chicks and even posted something on the silkie thread. But everyone said this was because she was a silkie and not a cochin which made enough sense to me. Tonight I went to pick her up and noticed how limp she was. Coulda been that way all day for all I know and I feel so guilty! But she has always been more of a sleeper ever since I got her. To make matters worse, my fiancé has a tooth pulled this afternoon and is in major pain and took a pain pill which he never does so he's a bit out of it while I'm going through all of this. I was a bit upset at his reaction when I told him something was wrong.
She was becoming my favorite and so sooo sweet. I really want another silkie but I don't think I can go through loosing another chick and my fiancé says he won't let me anyways. On top of that I don't know anyone around me that would sell just one silkie.
Anyways I have come here for a bit of support right now. I have always lurked a bit on this thread and everyone here is so nice and caring, as most Alabamians aredon't mean to be a debby downer but today has just been one of those days.
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Hi Brie, So sorry for the loss of you little one!
Weird acting chickens...Since our chickens started laying a few days ago, we find some eggs in their nests and some in the barn. So, today my husband fed them around 6am and left them in their run. Thy have a little bit of greens growing under a frame but otherwise they don't free feed. I just went to let them out to forage hoping the ones that lay have already laid. There was one hen on the nest and she wasn't budging. I didn't try to mess with her but she wasn't moving other than blink every once in a while. Another pullet wouldn't come out of the run at first. She would take a step or two forward then a bunch back over and over. I thought something was wrong with her. Her comb is not bright which I think is because she isn't laying yet. Surely, 4 hrs is not too long to be wihout substantial food, is it? She finally came out and went to foraging. Also, maybe she was scared of something? My husband has killed a snake or two near their house/run but I didn't see anything today and the rest acted fine. Advice?
Thank you everyone so much!
This morning i contacted the lady I purchased the little one from and she said she had more. Ranging from 1 week to newly hatched. There's a big part of me saying not to get one, but I wanted one SO bad I'm considering going to get one around a week old.
She is only 30 min away so I won't have to worry about shipping just one. Hoping this wont be a bad idea? They are just too cute and sweet!
This morning i contacted the lady I purchased the little one from and she said she had more. Ranging from 1 week to newly hatched. There's a big part of me saying not to get one, but I wanted one SO bad I'm considering going to get one around a week old.
She is only 30 min away so I won't have to worry about shipping just one. Hoping this wont be a bad idea? They are just too cute and sweet!
Nope, you need three!
One chick will be lonely, so you need a second one. Then if something were to happen to one of them, the other would be alone, so you need a third. See, it makes perfect sense.
And THAT, my friends is simple chicken math.
One chick will be lonely, so you need a second one. Then if something were to happen to one of them, the other would be alone, so you need a third. See, it makes perfect sense.
And THAT, my friends is simple chicken math.
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Nope, you need three!
One chick will be lonely, so you need a second one. Then if something were to happen to one of them, the other would be alone, so you need a third. See, it makes perfect sense.
And THAT, my friends is simple chicken math.
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Nope, you need three!
One chick will be lonely, so you need a second one. Then if something were to happen to one of them, the other would be alone, so you need a third. See, it makes perfect sense.
And THAT, my friends is simple chicken math.
Sounds logical to me.
Nope, you need three!
One chick will be lonely, so you need a second one. Then if something were to happen to one of them, the other would be alone, so you need a third. See, it makes perfect sense.
And THAT, my friends is simple chicken math.
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