Help. What is wrong with my chicks?

[Skippersnh]

I think at there age they shouldn't need a heat lamp unless im wrong someone correct me

 

[blackandtan]

I think at there age they shouldn't need a heat lamp unless im wrong someone correct me

Well not usually no, but in their condition I would. If they don’t need the heat they’ll just move away from it.

 

[BluebirdHomestead]

What's the temp of the brooder right now?

The healthy ones are at 79. I had the sick ones at 80 in the warm spot but someone above said they look cold so I pushed them closer to the light and it’s closer to 83 now.

 

[cmom]

I think in Colorado where the OP lives they are having cold and snow so maybe the chicks do need more heat. It depends on what the temperature is at that she has for them.

 

[21hens-incharge]

I think in Colorado where the OP lives they are having cold and snow so maybe the chicks do need more heat. It depends on what the temperature is that she has for them.

Yes we are extremely cold. Our high today was in the low 20's. We have been below freezing for 70+ hours.
The OP is about 20 miles from me.

If they are in a heated house that may change the need for heat.

 

[BluebirdHomestead]

I think in Colorado where the OP lives they are having cold and snow so maybe the chicks do need more heat. It depends on what the temperature is that she has for them.

Yep it’s 21 degrees outside right now so they definitely need some kind of heat. I have them in my heated workshop tho. The ambient room temp is about 68. They will be 4 weeks on Sat. I plan on having the healthy brooder at 75 by then. And then a week from this Saturday I was planning on turning off the heat and just having them in the workshop without the heat.

Idk how to deal with the sick ones tho. Just want them to be comfortable.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I had 8 3 week old chicks. One died 4 days ago, so I’m down to 7. I began treating them with corid (2 tsp in a gallon of water fresh everyday), the day I woke up to the one that had passed because I saw some bloody stool in the brooder.

The one that died had a couple symptoms. The main one was rocking from front to back. She also had her wings spread out, but not out to the side, like vertically if that even makes sense. They formed a tent shape over her.

4 of my 7 remaining chicks are sick.

80 degree reading on the floor under the lamp. All are displaying different symptoms. One is doing the rocking (it’s almost pulsing) while making a chirping sound that isn’t normal. Her eyes are mostly closed and she has her wings spread just like the chick that died 4 days ago did. She also keeps pasting up

My Olive egger is puffed up and a bit lethargic and has passed bloody stool and keeps pasting up as well,

My beautiful little Wyandotte suddenly can’t walk without stumbling and being very off balance. I’ve seen her do some really awkward summersaults and also lay down on her side in a very strange way.

My little black and white (yellow for now) Swedish Flower Hen seems energetic and normal aside from this really weird thing she’s doing every once in a while. She will suddenly open her beak and throw her head back violently and stumble backwards,

I gave her some coconut oil and massaged it but it didn’t help.

I’m honestly not sure what the nutritional make up is. That’s what she was feeding them and raises all her chicks on.

Photos of the poop?

Where did that bag of chick feed come from - did you buy it from the breeder or order it?
I would go get a bag of commercial chick starter with a fresh mill date. If the stools are bloody, then I would also direct drench them with the liquid Corid at 0.10 ml per pound of body weight. This is in addition to them drinking the Corid water.

To me, they look too hot. Is it only 80F under the heat lamp or is the whole brooder that warm.
Vent pasting at 3wks is concerning.

The rocking back and forth, to me, looks like panting. Where is the brooder located?

Just my 2¢

 

[ValerieJ]

Just my 2¢

Hardly! Thanks for coming in to help out!!!

 

[Skippersnh]

I was concerned about the heat also because of how they are holding there wings

 

[BluebirdHomestead]

Photos of the poop?

Where did that bag of chick feed come from - did you buy it from the breeder or order it?
I would go get a bag of commercial chick starter with a fresh mill date. If the stools are bloody, then I would also direct drench them with the liquid Corid at 0.10 ml per pound of body weight. This is in addition to them drinking the Corid water.

To me, they look too hot. Is it only 80F under the heat lamp or is the whole brooder that warm.
Vent pasting at 3wks is concerning.

The rocking back and forth, to me, looks like panting. Where is the brooder located?

Just my 2¢

Thank you so much. The feed came from the breeder. Unfortunately because of our weather my husband has to take my truck to work tomorrow so I’ll be stranded and unable to get new feed until Friday but I’ll definitely do that. I imagine ordering from amazon isn’t a good idea because of freshness, yeah?

And ok gosh poor babies I can never tell if they are too hot or too cold. I pulled the bin farther from the heat lamp. It’s a really boo-boo set up because I definitely didn’t foresee having to have them all separate. I’m going to go check the temp again in a bit once it regulates now that they are further from the light. Up until now, the far edge has been 5° cooler than the side near the heat lamp.
Sadly I didn’t think to take poop pics. It was not a lot of blood at all, but just a bit.
I don’t have a scale to weigh them for the Corid dose. Would estimating be a horrible idea?

Thank you again.