HELP losing only peachick

[strawn28]

Nope she was bright eyed chattered then this afternoon went down and was gone 4hrs later

 

[Peafowlssssssss]

Nope she was bright eyed chattered then this afternoon went down and was gone 4hrs later

Yup, that's what happened to few of mine last year, do you have more eggs hatching soon?

 

[strawn28]

Hopefully in next couple days! But last 2 eggs didn't hatch

 

[strawn28]

What should we get to feed?

 

[Peafowlssssssss]

What should we get to feed?

Can you find game birds chick starter feed with 28% protein? Maybe someone else can suggest a brand for you.

Maybe if you searched for some hatching threads in this site you will find some great info, i'm not the best at hatching at all.

 

[strawn28]

THANKYOU! Just sucks we got attached to her

 

[casportpony]

Get some turkey starter or gamebird starter.

-Kathy

 

[DylansMom]

20% is too low i guess, i would suggest feed with 26% or 28% for the first two weeks only then reduce it to 18% after two weeks. I think the feed is the problem here, if she was acting normal and after a week she just got so weak and died. She wasn't looking sick right?

I start and keep mine on Manna Pro medicated chick starter, protein is 18%, I can't say I've ever lost any this way. I would be wondering about yolk sac infection, which can take a while to kill them from what I've heard. Another reason I dab that Neosporin on the navel at hatch.

You said it has been running around, where at? In the brooder, in your house, in a pen outside, on wire or on ground? Could it have eaten something it shouldn't? hardware disease can be a big killer, as they like to eat small shiny things like staples and tacks.

 

[zazouse]

Sorry for your loss

I see it here pretty often, 18 to 20 percent protein will not cause a baby to die just make them appear thin sometimes because they may not be getting enough protein for muscle growth but you will notice that later like at a month of age or older on not at this age, IMO your wee pea was not eating nor drinking as you thought when you were gone, i see that here with my imprinted peas pretty often, i think they are eating with the others only to find them droopy later on, get some sugar water down them a couple times and wala they perk right up and start eating feed off my finger, also having a lone pea chick will often end in their death they need a companion to help them learn and encourage them to eat, i always hatch out guinea keets with my pea chicks they are great teachers , chicken chicks will work well also i just prefer guineas.

I also wanted to add that wee pea chicks need warm air, if you had it in your home below 80 degrees running around in it,it could have gotten chilled and when they get to cold their digestive system will not work properly and food can set in their crop and get sour

 

[Peafowlssssssss]

I start and keep mine on Manna Pro medicated chick starter, protein is 18%, I can't say I've ever lost any this way. I would be wondering about yolk sac infection, which can take a while to kill them from what I've heard. Another reason I dab that Neosporin on the navel at hatch.

You said it has been running around, where at? In the brooder, in your house, in a pen outside, on wire or on ground? Could it have eaten something it shouldn't? hardware disease can be a big killer, as they like to eat small shiny things like staples and tacks.

Yeah it could be a yolk sac infection, but as for the feed i know its not happening much with you guys to lose chicks just because they weren't fed feed with enough protein level, but its happening with many people here, maybe because the protein level in the parents nutrition was low? My first year with peafowl it was okay with 18% protein and almost all the chicks survived, but last year at the beginning of the season they were all dying from low protein until i changed their feed.

I got many calls from new peafowl owners here in Kuwait during breeding season, telling me their chicks are dying and always my first question is what are feeding them? Are they dying less than 2 or three weeks old? And always the answer will be yes, and after they change their feed all of these chicks survived, also got a call once from a serama chicken breeder, it also solved his problem!