At what point does it become fatal?

[Omani]

At what point do the following become fatal to a chick:
Temperature drop. How long can a chick survive at average room temperature? My husband wants to change out the clear light for a red one.
No water. What if they knock over their water during the night?
Diahrea. One chick has had this for 6 days. I put "quick chick" in their water, just in case.
Pasty butt. Even if you clean it a couple times a day, can they still die from it?
Over medicating. Can you make the mixes that go in the water too strong? Or mix water based products and medicated feed and do damage?
We got two bantam chicks at TSC to keep our lone standard chick company. I thought I picked the healthyest looking ones. The brooder was already set up. I dipped their beaks in the water when I brought them home. We checked on them every couple of hours. All looked well, they were eating and drinking and moving around. But one bantie died. It had pasty butt.
I have gone over everything and can't figure out what happened. I followed all the directions. The other two are still doing quite well.
Can anybody help?

 

[ARose4Heaven]

Temperature is negotiable...the chicks huddle in a pile under the light, they are too cold. They scatter away from the light, too hot. Most folks use the red heat light bulb. It depends on where your brooder is. If in an unheated building, you need the actual heat lamp. If indoors where it's warm, sometimes a 100 watt incandescent bulb will work, but no recommended.


Pasty butt can be fatal. It must be VERY GENTLY cleaned.
Best remedy I've found for pasty butt is to make a mush out of chick starter crumbles and plain yogurt. Not a guarantee, but it worked for me.

 

[lemongrass]

What are you feeding? Do you offer scratch and grit? How old are they and what are kept in? What wattage is the bulb? I'm afraid I cannot answer your questions as asked but I may be able to help if you explain how they are kept now. If they don't have scratch and grit start feeding it now, as much as they want. I'm no expert but I've got 11 standard chicks, never on medication and no problems yet at 3 weeks. I also dig them up earthworms and give dirt with fresh grass for them to pick at.

 

[dsqard]

For the temperature drop, is it just to change out the lightbulb? If so, no worries. It won't be cold enough long enough to hurt them.
No water at night - they should be ok since grown chickens don't drink at night but they are asleep. I know my chicks are still a little active at night because of the heat lamp. Is there a way to make sure they can't tip the water over? Can you get a bigger waterer so they can't tip it over?
Diarrhea - are you sure for six days? If so I would be most concerned about this. It isn't bloody correct? If not, I would suggest some electrolytes in the water.
Pasty butt - ARose4Heaven gave a good way to treat it and it may help the one with the diarrhea as well

 

[Nigellas]

As far as temperature: I had a single week old chick get lost in my very cold basement for about 2 hours. It's been a week since that happened and she's still doing well... I don't think she would have lasted much longer than that though - she was very cold when I finally found her.

 

[Omani]

First, let me say, these are not my first chicks. I haven't lost any before.
The set up is this:
They are 6/7 days and 10 days old. The brooder is set up in a back bedroom, away from everybody. I have an incubator in that room, so I thought it would be a good place to put them.
I have a 250 watt clear bulb on them with a steady temperature of 98* F.( now 94*F) They sleep all over the place. We want to give them a red bulb so they can sleep a little easier at night. I have their water on a block of wood that is a larger diameter than the dish so that they can stand on the wood to drink, but won't get litter in the water. I intend to change it to a hanging style waterer and feeder when they get bigger.
They get Dumor chick starter (20%) and nothing else and I do put electrolytes in the water. Especially since I noticed the diarrhea the day after I brought them home.
I cleaned the one with the pasty problem with a warm, damp wash cloth and patted dry. As far as the diarrhea, perhaps it isn't. But the droppings are very liquid, so I'm worried.
ARose4Heaven: do you feed that mix or clean their duppas with it?

 

[looptloop]

I had to LOL at 'duppa' my aunt is the only other person I have ever heard use that word!!

Mix the yogurt with feed for them to eat. I used to just set a little bowl with plain yogurt in there for them. They make an everloving mess with it though, so be prepared....

Take it out after a few-ten minutes.

Good luck, sounds like you are doing good!

 

[Omani]

That's what I thought. I give the adults yogurt in the summer. We used to do the same thing for pocket pets with wet tail. I'll give it a try.
BTW...My mother in law, Theresa(how odd) is Polish. I just picked up a few words from her, most of which I can't repeat on here. lol

 

[Omani]

Oh yeah, there was one other thing. Do I have to crush the chick feed for the bantam chick? I mean, it's so little. I'm afraid it will choke on some of the bigger pieces. We've never had bantams before.

 

[looptloop]

That's funny. Oddly enough, my aunts name is Sandy too. Weird!