Day old chicks die after fresh water

[MaryJo6390]

My friend bought day old chicks. She watered them last evening and got up this morning and gave them fresh water. They seemed fine. She went to check on them about 15 minutes later and several of them were dead. Any ideas? Could the water have been too cold or the chicks too hot?

 

[Bougiechicks]

I am new to this, so hopefully someone can help further. However I was told they need room temperature water. Cold water is too hard to digest! Also to add vitamins to the water to help with their stress from transfer for a while.

 

[MaryJo6390]

Thanks. She gave them fresh water and gatoraid. They seem fine now. She has been keeping them at 95 degrees. They are 2 weeks old. I think this is a little too warm and I'm not sure there is enough air circulation. They are in a large room but there is no fan in there.

 

[Bougiechicks]

That is too hot. They should start at 95 at a day and then decrease five degrees each week after. They also need enough room to get out of the heat so they can self regulate their heat.

Thanks. She gave them fresh water and gatoraid. They seem fine now. She has been keeping them at 95 degrees. They are 2 weeks old. I think this is a little too warm and I'm not sure there is enough air circulation. They are in a large room but there is no fan in there.

 

[HenOnAJuneBug]

95 F is too hot for 2 week-olds.

 

[Saaniya]

Ur chicks die due to hot
They already 40C in body u giving extra temperature

 

[MaryJo6390]

Thanks everyone. I thought that was too hot. We are cooling it off some now.

 

[wamtazlady]

that's good that you are cooling things down. The chicks should also have a much cooler area they can go to if they feel too hot. If the chicks have 85 degrees in the warm area, they should probably have at least 20 degrees below that in a cooler space they can go to if they are too hot. When chicks are left with their Moms, they do not always stay under her. Most of the time they are running around, pecking and eating. When they get cold they run to their Mom to get warmed up again. After a couple minutes of warming up they are off, pecking and eating again. My hens have had chicks outside when it's 32 degrees. The chicks spend most of their time pecking and eating, not cuddling under Mom.

 

[Chick-N-Fun]

Good luck with the rest of the chicks. Once they grow their feathers there will be no need to an additional heat source.