Hey everyone,
So, I ordered some chicks from McMurray, and they arrived just over 2 weeks ago. Columbian Wyandottes, BLRW and White Wyandottes. What can I say, we like Wyandottes. Anyways, when they arrived, there was a dead White in the box, it had pretty clearly been crushed. A few days later, I came home from work and my son said there was a dead chick in the brooder. Sure enough there was, and it was another White Wyandotte. It did not appear to have been crushed. A couple of days later I noticed a White Wyandotte chick laying in an unusual position, with it's eyes closed, and it seemed to be going to great effort to breathe. I seperated it from the bunch, it did not seem to be crushed. Then it happened again. And now, I got a call from home that another White Wyandotte chick isn't doing so well. They have plenty of water, it is neither hot or cold, we are using pine shavings on top of newspaper as bedding. All of the other chicks are fine. No other breed has looked ill in any way.
Are White Wyandottes particularly frail? When this has happened, it seems to have been rather sudden, there aren't any warning signs that I can see. Does any of this sound familiar, can someone please help me figure out what is killing my White Wyandottes?
Thanks so much.
So, I ordered some chicks from McMurray, and they arrived just over 2 weeks ago. Columbian Wyandottes, BLRW and White Wyandottes. What can I say, we like Wyandottes. Anyways, when they arrived, there was a dead White in the box, it had pretty clearly been crushed. A few days later, I came home from work and my son said there was a dead chick in the brooder. Sure enough there was, and it was another White Wyandotte. It did not appear to have been crushed. A couple of days later I noticed a White Wyandotte chick laying in an unusual position, with it's eyes closed, and it seemed to be going to great effort to breathe. I seperated it from the bunch, it did not seem to be crushed. Then it happened again. And now, I got a call from home that another White Wyandotte chick isn't doing so well. They have plenty of water, it is neither hot or cold, we are using pine shavings on top of newspaper as bedding. All of the other chicks are fine. No other breed has looked ill in any way.
Are White Wyandottes particularly frail? When this has happened, it seems to have been rather sudden, there aren't any warning signs that I can see. Does any of this sound familiar, can someone please help me figure out what is killing my White Wyandottes?
Thanks so much.