Help Baby Chick Dieing!!!!!

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Babymoma69

Babymoma69

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Jul 23, 2015
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Hey I just got a baby chick yesterday from a guy my husbands works with. He has afarm and we were there to drop some work stuff off....me & my kids ended up leaving with a baby chick. This is our first time with a chick we have only one so we ran out last night and got some feed nonmedicated from feeder supply and a bowl water until we got the rest of the stuff today came home after my doctors appointment and she was laying in the middle of her cage that we have her in opening and shutting her beak with no noise she was perfectly fine when we left please help..,me and the kids are freaking out
 
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Hi :welcome

How old is your chick? If your chick is not fully feathered out it will require a heat source. Cold can kill small chicks very quickly. You say you have a bowl of water, chicks can easily aspirate water into their lungs and drown in open water. Clean marbles or pebbles are advised in the water so the chick can drink in between them but not drown. Also as your chick is on its own it may be stressed. They don't do well on their own and are always better with others. Did you dip the beak in the water so it knows where it is? Also have you seen it eat at all? If your chick is very small it may have just hatched and will need to be shown how to eat and drink as mother hen would show them.
If you could post back how old and more info that would be great to help you more with your chick.
 
Hello there and welcome to BYC!
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I agree with Yorkshire Coop. You need to get this baby under heat. All chicks need heat until they are 5+ weeks of age. How is the little one now?

Please keep us posted.
 
Thanks you guys, she was only 4 days old! I didn't have anything and with this being my first time I was still trying to figure out what all I needed. I thought maybe putting her in the sun holding her close to warm her would help, but she ended up passing away shortly after! I was devastated! I felt so helpless!! I did show her and dipped her beak in the water she did drink and she was eating but not much water was gone this morning at all
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I'm so upset that I will not get anymore until I have everything I need, I definitely don't want to go through that again for us and the baby chickies sake! We were wondering what all we needed to do to get started. My husband got the feeder and waterer today and a couple other things in a kit but when is a good age to take one home and should I have more then one? I feel so bad please help me be a better chickadee mommy!! Oh and I did see something about pasty butt but she didn't have that. Please give me all the 411!!!
 
Babymoma69 said:
Thanks you guys, she was only 4 days old! I didn't have anything and with this being my first time I was still trying to figure out what all I needed. I thought maybe putting her in the sun holding her close to warm her would help, but she ended up passing away shortly after! I was devastated! I felt so helpless!! I did show her and dipped her beak in the water she did drink and she was eating but not much water was gone this morning at all
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I'm so upset that I will not get anymore until I have everything I need, I definitely don't want to go through that again for us and the baby chickies sake! We were wondering what all we needed to do to get started. My husband got the feeder and waterer today and a couple other things in a kit but when is a good age to take one home and should I have more then one? I feel so bad please help me be a better chickadee mommy!! Oh and I did see something about pasty butt but she didn't have that. Please give me all the 411!!!
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I am so sorry.
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Not all babies do make it to adult hood, but if cared for properly, most of them do. But don't blame yourself about this. These things happen. You might start in our Learning Center. There are lots of good articles on raising chickens including raising those babies. Here is a good article on raising baby chicks....https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/raising-your-baby-chicks

And here is the link to the entire Learning Center. There are lots of other articles on caring for chicks there and all other aspects of keeping poultry...https://www.backyardchickens.com/atype/1/Learning_Center

It is always best to start with chicks that you yourself picked up from the feed store or ordered from a hatchery or a breeder. Chicks need companions and some do die. So always get a couple of extras.

I hope your next experience is a positive one!! :)
 
TwoCrows said:
I am so sorry. :hugs  Not all babies do make it to adult hood, but if cared for properly, most of them do. But don't blame yourself about this. These things happen. You might start in our Learning Center. There are lots of good articles on raising chickens including raising those babies. Here is a good article on raising baby chicks....https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/raising-your-baby-chicks

And here is the link to the entire Learning Center. There are lots of other articles on caring for chicks there and all other aspects of keeping poultry...https://www.backyardchickens.com/atype/1/Learning_Center

It is always best to start with chicks that you yourself picked up from the feed store or ordered from a hatchery or a breeder. Chicks need companions and some do die. So always get a couple of extras. 

I hope your next experience is a positive one!! :)
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Thanks so much I will check these sites out!!!
 
Babymoma69 said:
Oh and do they need shots or anything
And is medicated or nonmedicated feed better?
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There are vaccines you can give to your chicks or if you order them from a hatchery, you can have them vaccinate them for you. I have never had any of my chicks vaccinated. The big one is Mareks. If you have never kept chickens on your property, I wouldn't worry about your chicks getting Mareks.

Medicated feed contains Amprolium which helps to prevent Coccidiosis. You don't have to use medicated feed and it is best if you don't. However it won't hurt them if you do use it. Chicks are susceptable to Cocci. Cocci is present in all birds intestinal tracts. But chicks are not yet immune. So if they become over whelmed with it by coming into contact with too much poop, they can contract cocci. If you keep it clean enough, the chicks naturally develop immunity to it which helps them as adults to deal with cocci as well.
 
TwoCrows said:
There are vaccines you can give to your chicks or if you order them from a hatchery, you can have them vaccinate them for you. I have never had any of my chicks vaccinated. The big one is Mareks. If you have never kept chickens on your property, I wouldn't worry about your chicks getting Mareks. 

Medicated feed contains Amprolium which helps to prevent Coccidiosis. You don't have to use medicated feed and it is best if you don't. However it won't hurt them if you do use it. Chicks are susceptable to Cocci. Cocci is present in all birds intestinal tracts. But chicks are not yet immune. So if they become over whelmed with it by coming into contact with too much poop, they can contract cocci. If you keep it clean enough, the chicks naturally develop immunity to it which helps them as adults to deal with cocci as well. 
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Ok thank you!
 

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