how many are expected to die?

[TyrannosaurusChix]

i received 103 out of my order of 100.. i am down to 99.. it seems like they are dropping with no reason?? all the comets are perfectly healthy.. still have 50 plus the 2 extra they sent.


What is the expected %loss?

Thanks in advance!

TChix

 

[enola]

How old are they?

 

[FireTigeris]

By reading post here depends greatly on how long it took to deliver and what temps.

 

[sonew123]

I ordered 25 got 26 and tomorrow they will be 3 weeks old-all healthy no prblems over 1 lb each and if any drop for any reason they will be processed...

 

[TyrannosaurusChix]

Umm. i got them on the 19th. ship date was the 18th. No one looked lethargic when they arrived.

One drowned the first night.. my fault i guess.

Another found dead in the AM not in the water dish( same day)

One looked lethargic yesterday mid day, it died 10 minutes after i noticed it.

Found one dead in the food dish(cliche, right?) This AM.


It has gotten REALLY cool here lately and they are in an open garage. I can chalk it up, i KNEW some would die... just sort of want to prepare myself for a certain amount of loss.. and we arent even into heart attack "season" yet for them,


no one seems sick or anything.. i just think its survival of the fittest maybe. this is my first batch so im full of questions, lol.

 

[slackwater]

Honestly...and I don't know if this is a bad thing or not,

but I sorta expect losses of up to 10% w/o any particular reason. IE - there is no definitive illness spreading through the brooder or anything like that. I just expect that that many might die from shipping stress, failure to thrive, etc.

And, I tend to find that the losses occur around the 3s - 3 days, 3 weeks, 3 months (haven't made it to 3 years yet), for various reasons.

 

[TyrannosaurusChix]

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Thanks. Dh and i were hoping to end up with 90 at the end of 2 months... but i think ill be happy with anything over 85.


Ive heard 20% loss with cx.. does that seem high to anyone else?

 

[sonew123]

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well Im going past the first 2 s's and they should be processed before the 3rd S. So I will post here if I lose any in the mean time...

 

[GAchick]

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How cool is really cool? If they are only days old, and it's cool, do you have a heat source for them?

 

[enola]

Are they making happly little chick noises?

Or are they making a lot of unhappy, loud, irritating noise?