We got 30 chicks in the mail this morning and 10 are dead with 4 more looking questionable - Help _ brooder at 90 - water and food - dipped all beaks What can we do??
we used some baby vitamins and that seemed to help them alot. but im not sure what to do about some of the chicks :\\
where did you get them from???? if 10 have died, and 4 more look bad you should contact them or something
You can put a teaspoon of sugar in the water. I always make sure the water is warm the first day so as to not shock their system. You can give polyvisol baby vitamins be sure to use the kind without Iron. Check their butts to be sure they don't have pasty butt, if they do gently wash it off.
I agree about the sugar water, and you should also make certain the brooder is 95-100 degrees. Put the heat at one end of the brooder so the ones who don't want as much heat can self-regulate. If they are standing up, peeping, they are too cold. If they are huddled, they are too cold. If they are flopped around like sleeping rag dolls, they are just right. If they have wings raised and open beaks or are panting, they are too warm- make sure they can get away from the heat. It was possibly the shipping-shock. It could also have been temps they endured in shipping. Some breeds are not able to withstand shipping very well. Give it a couple more days and then call the hatchery t report your losses. They will refund or send new ones. Good luck!
actually, sugar in the water will only aggravate pasty butt issues. use sugar water very sparingly. use corn syrup directly into the mouth if you can. if you have a syringe, a little into the mouth of each. if no syringe, a toothpick dipped into the corn syrup and then open the mouth gently and put a drop onto the mouth and close. corn syrup can get into the bloodstream quicker.
well thank all for your suggestions we have ten left the ones that survived seem to be in good shape - for now It has been a long day
OMG! I am so sorry about your chicks! I would hope it is extreemly rare that so many in an order would arrive dead/dying. That totally sucks. If you haven't already, I would call the place you got them from and find out if there's something going on with their chicks, not to mention THE DANGED THINGS DIED! I mean, that's awful. I'm having trouble with one out of four and I'm losing it, so I can only imagine what a tough time you're having. Good luck and FANTASTIC health to your remaining chicks. Update later, ok?
seriously i am so sorry i hear all this , also i would like to know where you bought from so i never buy from there . That must have been a big bummer
Quote:The problem is so much more likely to be shipping stress than a hatchery problem. I do hope you called the hatchery; all the major ones will replace or refund, even though shipping delays and other shipping problems are probably the culprit in most cases. Something similar happened to me; it is no fun, I know. Sorry.
