My condolences,very heartbreaking situation. Yes,they are still your baby chicks,even if you never saw them.
They have not gone unloved or unknown b/c you and your family will remembered them for being here,even if a very short time. We all now know about the little missing box of chicks that never found their way home and we are saddened at this loss.
While they have passed from this life into the next,this is in memory of all those little boxes of missing chicks that never made it to their homes,the homes where joy and love awaited them.
Sweet dreams little ones,you are all remembered for being here,even if it was just for a moment.
~Mia