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Illia~ I am so sorry for your loss.
Yes it has been freakishly cold here in our neck of the woods hasn't it? I almost lost 3 brooders full of babies, from 4 days old to 3 weeks. All brooders are in an insulated enclosed structure, I knew it was going to be cold so I added another heat lamp to all brooders just incase it was needed. I even ran a radiant heater in the middle of the building. (It's not a huge building...but one radiant heater usually does the trick.....well not the night before last it didnt, not even the extra heat lamps in each brooder helped. Upon checking on everyone yesterday morning on my regular rounds, I found almost every chick not doing well. The one doing the worst was a little 4 day old BCM, he was almost frigid stiff when I found him, but he was still breathing. I gathered all my chicks up as fast as I could and brought all of them in the house. My office is filled with brooders, heatlamps and chicks. DH's 3rd eye is pert near popped out of his head right now with all the chick fuss going on. The little cockerel is doing great....I had a heck of a time getting his body temp back up, but when I went to bed last night he was dive bombing a pile of chicks that were quietly sleeping and minding their own business. Everyone is doing great this morning. I've never had that problem before....so it got pretty dang cold. I sure hope you don't experience any more problems. Stay warm my friend! On the bright side this morning its a balmy 26 degrees and snowing...again!
Illia~ I am so sorry for your loss.
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