I kept hearing a chick peeping in the box. Nothing looked unusual. Being new, they sleep a lot. Then I looked really close, and notice that there was one that just wasn't moving around like the others. I sadly found that one of my BLR's is dying. It was doing great up until last night, I guess.
I wonder why it is that by the 3rd day that some chicks don't make it beyond using the yolk? It hasn't happened to me often, but I haven noticed that some never will eat or drink, and will die once their reserve energy runs out. I also wonder if sometimes they don't have some kind of intestinal defect that would cause this.
I wonder why it is that by the 3rd day that some chicks don't make it beyond using the yolk? It hasn't happened to me often, but I haven noticed that some never will eat or drink, and will die once their reserve energy runs out. I also wonder if sometimes they don't have some kind of intestinal defect that would cause this.