Yes. I lost 2 of my chicks out of 12 and immediately replaced them and all went fine. As long as they're the same age. I have 1 set of chicks that are 4 weeks old and chicks that are 3 weeks old. You can replace them it will be fine. As long as you don't put for example 5 week old chicks with 1 week old chicks. I did that recently and they got bullied and I had to seperate them.On Saturday we purchased 4 chicks from our local feed store and I am positive they came from a hatchery. Last night our RIR died for no explainable reason (no pasty butt, she was happy and peeping when we went to bed). We can only have four hens, so we want to replace her, but unsure if we should do it now or wait? Can we introduce just one chick, even if they are the same age? Any advice would be great, we are still a little sad that we lost Whitney.
may I ask what you think mite have happened to the little guy? Did you have a heat lamp to warm them.? I've had dying chicks before and put them under a heat lamp and they perk up In a matter of 15 minutes.On Saturday we purchased 4 chicks from our local feed store and I am positive they came from a hatchery. Last night our RIR died for no explainable reason (no pasty butt, she was happy and peeping when we went to bed). We can only have four hens, so we want to replace her, but unsure if we should do it now or wait? Can we introduce just one chick, even if they are the same age? Any advice would be great, we are still a little sad that we lost Whitney.
