HELP MY BABIES!

[micstrachan]

Do you see them eat? I thought tiny chicks had to have crumble and pellets are too large for them to eat. Can you dampen the feed a bit and see how they do with it?

 

[t3wine]

They have water access and food access at all times. They have a heat source ( does not specify the watts) and she is always running around. She is a week old. Their enviroment is cleaned every week, we use pellets and i don't know whas wrong

Perhaps it’s the pellets... babies need chick starter? So sorry!

 

[Kiki]

You can put some pellets in a bag and take a hammer to it to break them up into smaller pieces.
Get a temperature of the brooder.
I have a feeling that too small of a brooder plus a heat lamp equals too hot.

 

[bobbi-j]

You can put some pellets in a bag and take a hammer to it to break them up into smaller pieces.
Get a temperature of the brooder.
I have a feeling that too small of a brooder plus a heat lamp equals too hot.

That was my thought, too.

 

[Fields Mountain Farm]

X2 on the heat and crushing their feed. I do have another question.... have you noticed if their poop is runny or off color?

 

[ThatsneakyHen]

Really? well she just died so I guess

 

[Kiki]

Really? well she just died so I guess

Sorry for your loss.
Were you able to measure the temperature?

 

[rebrascora]

I thought perhaps the OP was talking about pelleted wood bedding rather than pelleted food.
So sorry your chick died but we need more information to be able to help you. You are clearly able to post photos since you already posted one, but can you click full image rather than thumbnail, so that it blows up when we click on it and we can then see some detail. Seeing a photo of your coop/brooder would also help us to know what might be going wrong. It may be too much heat or coccidiosis or pasty butt or a respiratory infection or any number of other things. What do you feed them.... brand and name of product would help. If you are feeding them anything other than a crumble or soaked/smashed pellet, they will need grit, so that could be the issue. How many other chicks do you have left?

 

[ThatsneakyHen]

Well we only have one. Got 2 to play with her

 

[ThatsneakyHen]

Cameras curretly down. Batterys dead that pic was a few nights ago