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KatieMcP
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- Feb 12, 2015
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Yes. I got them from Meyer. I too decided the minimum with the heat pack should be sufficient. I appreciate the help being offered, but the confusing thing to me is they are dying one or two at a time, and they are going from healthy, active chicks to dying in a few hours. I too am giving the droplets, getting them fed, etc. Nothing is helping. Make sure you call Meyer within the 48 hours to notify them.
I'm curious where you got the chicks. I received an order of 16 yesterday morning. One was dead on arrival and two never drank or ate or really opened their eyes and they died. But today, another one stopped eating and drinking and hasn't improved despite me giving it droppers of water/electrolytes all day. I'm not sure if I just didn't notice yesterday because I was more concerned about the other two, but I thought all the others were eating and drinking fine.
I got them from Meyer Hatchery, 4 RIR (1 is the one refusing to eat today), 4 EE (1 dead on arrival, other died yesterday), 4 gold laced wyndottes (1 died yesterday), 4 black austrolorps.
Since they allowed orders this early if you ordered 15, I assumed they had shipping them down to an art. I guess I've learned to wait till spring next time. But, I have these now and feel the need to save them if I can. At what point can I rest that it's been enough time to get over travel shock?