baby chicks dying please help!!!

[chickitychickity]

This is my own opinion, but when you’ve received 4/28 dead right away it isn’t a good sign. When we get 60-100, I consider over 2 dead a bad shipping situation. Sometimes they can be only in the mail for two days and still have a hard time because it was too cold. When we get more than 2 dead we do electrolytes and probiotic. The electrolytes seem to get them up and moving. After that, I seperate the weaker ones and give them some Nutri Dench. Sometimes there is nothing you can do and you feel hopeless. Hatcheries don’t care if they die once they are in your care. It sucks but I understand their reasoning. I wish you luck.

 

[A_Fowl_Guy]

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we haven’t given nutidrench but are giving poultry vitamins/electrolytes plus riboflavin as well as mixing brewer’s yeast in crumble.

it was very cold here (shipped from iowa to wisconsin in 30 hours) but have done this before & never lost this many-20% loss of the total number, that seems excessive to me.

It seems to just be shipping stress with the low temperatures. You were lucky in the past to not lose many. Murrary McMurrary will replace when you have a minimum order.

 

[sehfergy]

It seems to just be shipping stress with the low temperatures. You were lucky in the past to not lose many. Murrary McMurrary will replace when you have a minimum order.

thanks for this. yeah, i guess maybe so. i just feel awful that this is hapening. 7 dead chicks within 5 days is really excessive in my opinion. we got ducks the same day & they are fine. i’m just distraught. thx for the advice.

 

[A_Fowl_Guy]

thanks for this. yeah, i guess maybe so. i just feel awful that this is hapening. 7 dead chicks within 5 days is really excessive in my opinion. we got ducks the same day & they are fine. i’m just distraught. thx for the advice.

No problem. I had weather issues with a cackle hatchery order before and I nearly had a total loss. They replaced at no cost to me and the next shipment was fine.

 

[fisher101]

They might have just gotten cold in the shipping.but they could also have contracted something form your brooder depends on how good you clean it after each set of chicks are big enough to let out in the coop

 

[sehfergy]

my two sickly ones i’ve been babying the last 3 days are not getting worse, but not really getting better. i guess i just keep going...

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Can you post photos of the chicks and your brooder set-up?

 

[sehfergy]

it is a brooder in a brooder. i wanted to separate them from the others. they are a week old today. do you want more close ups of the chicks?

 

[sehfergy]

another pic of the brooder set up

 

[sehfergy]

we put foot splints on b/c he has curly toes. he can only stand on his hocks. we’ve been thinking riboflavin deficience so since friday have been putting riboflavin drops in the water (w/ electrolytes & vitamins) & added brewer’s yeast to feed as well. we are giving them milk mixed w/ brewer’s yeast every 3 hours through a dropper. just nor making any headway.