Baby chicks watery poop

[volleyball_rebel8]

Hi everyone. We got 7 chicks in the mail yesterday and they were all drinking and eating but they all have watery poop and some of the are throwing up clear water. We lost one over night and another one isn’t doing good at all. I have electrolytes in their water. Please help

 

[azygous]

As long as there is sugar in the electrolytes, you're doing well. Sugar can counter shipping stress so be sure they're getting some.

In the case of watery poop, some is normal for new chicks, can be a symptom of shipping stress, but also too much heat. The heat imprint under the light should be no warmer than 85F, unless the chicks are outside where the ambient temp is below 50F. Chicks simply do not lose that much body heat at indoor temps to warrant anything over 85F, which the brooder temperature guidelines fail to tell you.