Got my chicks..Pics and Questions.!

[laceynoelle]

i know, ive had chickens for about 8 years now, and the newpaper isnt the glossy kind, its the gritty kind. Is all newspaper bad for bantams? The big chicks always did fine on it. And the silkie is eating a scrambled egg!! Lol it worked. well so far, but great idea. The brooder is set up correctly. they arent bunching around anywhere to the light is in a good spot. idk about when they first came here, i was at school and my parents took care of them then, but they generally have a good idea about what to do.
Okay, death rates:
6 doa (4 more waayyyy weak)
3 died with in three hours.
2 more over that night (seperated at that point, with their own brooder.)
1 the next day, for no apparent reason. was doing great that morning, running around and strong, and very loud. (Wasnt seperated.)
2 the next night (also seperated.)
1 the next day, seperated
1 earlier this morning, two days since the last casualty.
Now: I have a weak silkie

The chicks look fine up until a few hours before they die. Its slowing down consideralbly, though. What they would do it just stop moving or eating and drinking, and just lay down. After a llittle bit they couldnt stand up on their own and were always cold, no matter how close to the light they were. If they ate at all i had to dip thier beaks in very watered down and finely grounded chick food. then they get just lathargic and stop breathing. The fist one to die looked like it was having seizures though. Is this truely stress, or some sort of disease? after thinking about it im kinda worried about having them by my dads chickens.

 

[Happy Chooks]

I'm sorry you are losing them.

 

[prov31gal]

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maybe a day or two of deaths would be stress related, but after that they should be eating and drinking whoever is going to live. but if they seem fine and then all of a sudden get sick and die after several days when they were fine before, that sounds like a disease, what hatchey was this again, ideal? and did you say that he told you a whole bunch of other chicks died too? thats weird.

 

[laceynoelle]

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maybe a day or two of deaths would be stress related, but after that they should be eating and drinking whoever is going to live. but if they seem fine and then all of a sudden get sick and die after several days when they were fine before, that sounds like a disease, what hatchey was this again, ideal? and did you say that he told you a whole bunch of other chicks died too? thats weird.

Yeah, he said that a lot of them were having problems because ofthe weather in texas, so i think it could be either that or disease. But they look fine, no watery eyes, sneezing, shivering, etc. even the poo is fine, in case you were curious.

And to be fair to Ideal, i havent had one die in two days except for the who went this morning, and that one has been sick. The ones that dopped dead were the earlier 10 or so that died. shoulda clarified that. And now the silkie is looking ill, so thats the main prob. if he drops dead, then im pretty sure its a disease.

 

[laceynoelle]

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Thank you.

It is nice that so many people care and are trying to help.