Okay so here is the deal, we had a few chickens we bought straight run. They ended up boys. We found them a new home and decided we wanted the maximum flock our ordinance allows for so we went and picked up two new babies that would join our others later on. The first night all seemed great, then the next day the EE started seeming weak. I gave her all the extra love I could, special food, sugar water ect. She died late Sunday night. Her friend we got seemed fine aside from screaming all night because she was lonely. We got up and were at the feed store when it opened to get her a friend. Brought home the friend everything seemed fine. The original chick was eating and drinking. Fast forward to this morning, original chick is now laying down barely able to open her eyes, like the EE ended up. The friend seems fine, but I am worried theres some sort of disease or contagious thing I am missing here. What are the chances that its just a separate issue with the chicks. I will be going some where else for new ones I think, but I am scared to get new friends for this one if she may now be sick. Am I overreacting? We raised our first six up to 6 weeks no issues, no deaths. They are going strong. We dont want to risk anything with those ones for sure. Or is this just really bad luck. Chicks were a few days old at purchase, came from Cackle hatchery.
