help!!!!!!!!

[hatchaholic]

Shouldn't be the feed. I've used that several times.

You didn't get the food wet, did you?

 

[jjackm21911]

change what?

 

[jjackm21911]

no

 

[chickenannie]

Do the chicks have enough space to get away from the heat lamp if they get too hot?

 

[jjackm21911]

yes one side is light one side has no heat lamp

 

[chickenannie]

how old are the chicks?
how long have you had them?
what does their poop look like? abnormal?
were they sick when they arrived?

 

[birdsofparadise]

I had two batches of pheasant chicks from Murray McMurray that acted the same way. We went thru the same checklist as you just did on this thread. After being ABSOLUTELY sure that it was nothing environmental or cultural, I cornered McM and they admitted that it was probably a pulmonary problem they either had (congenital) or contracted at the nursery in the few hours they were there waiting to be shipped. They made it right with a second order, but out of 120 chicks, I finally only released about 30. Broke my heart to have to clean out those little corpses every morning.

 

[rooster-red]

Check to see if there is mold in the feed.

 

[jjackm21911]

no mold on there feet i checked but thanks for caring

 

[debilorrah]

We always buy feed that is specially for chicken chicks. change the feed to that and see what happens. Otherwise I think you are doing great.