Dying Chicks... now 3 (no 6) are dead. Whats going on?

[seminolewind]

Take some chick feed and make a wet mash out of it. See if they like it. I hope things turn around .

 

[chickerdoodle]

Oh my goodness--so sorry for you

Is their poo normal or runny? Since you started over you may want to keep on eye on their poo--it may have been hard to see on straw. I would put some of the electrolytes with vitamins (with out iron) in their water--not too much-- in case they had a deficiency of some kind. I am hoping you have seen an end to any more losses

 

[rainnotebook]

Well its been two hours and I haven't seen any more losses. Everything is changed out and everyone looks happy and healthy. The weakling looks good.... I can't help being pessimistic though. We'll see how tonight goes. Thanks for everyones help!

 

[rainnotebook]

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Their poop is normal to me.... not real runny but not super solid.

 

[rainnotebook]

Okay... we made it through the night without any deaths. They all look pretty healthy and are chirpping away.

Thank you to EVERYONE'S help!

 

[LittleMamaBigPapa]

WONDERFUL NEWS!!!!

SO, IT MUST HAVE BEEN THE STRAW?????????

 

[rainnotebook]

Honestly I don't know. Maybe.... If so I feel so bad because it was my fault.

 

[debilorrah]

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Honey we all make mistakes.

You did a good thing coming here to ask for help!!! We all learn from out mistakes too and now you can help others. Don;t beat yourself up.

 

[seminolewind]

Rain, I know you feel bad. I try to think of my first blunder as a lesson in having wonderful chicks in the future. In my very first hatch I had 12 eggs, one hatched. I kept her in a see thru box on the table. She chirped all the time. So we fed her some yogurt on our finger. I "saw" her eat, but, later on realized that she died at day 5 because she was picking at the crumbles but they were too big for her. My next batch I had 8 hatch. I also thought they were eating. But they started chirping all the time. I took the crumbles and ground them down. They acted like vultures! So now I always do, and the poor little first one died, and taught me a valuable thing.

Good luck with the rest of the chicks.

 

[Want Less]

Sorry to hear of your ordeal... I hope the rest are doing better!