Hi…I found this thread by googling “day old chick dies after drinking water”…because that’s literally what just happened to me

I raised chickens in Maryland for 3 years and only lost one at 11 months (a silkie) due to what we can only deduce to be a heart attack(it was a 50 degree foggy evening, she had already laid an egg, no signs of trauma and no signs of coccidosis in my flock, no other birds died before or after her

. We rehomed our girls before relocating to FL last summer and decided to start a new flock this spring. We bought our first 10 babies 3 weeks ago from a wonderful family farm that is impeccable clean with vaccinated birds raised on nonGMO feeds, and all 10 chicks are thriving. Today they had silkies for the first time so we couldn’t pass up the opportunity to grab three for our flock plus a lavender Orpington

. Once we got them home we put the new babies in their own brooder with special feed and water treated w probiotic (sav-a-chick) and did our first round of pasty bum checks. The black and buff silkies had a little dried pasties which we gently removed, and they seemed to be adjusting well, eating and drinking in their new home. I did notice that the black silkie was drinking quite a bit of water, but we had a 30 minute drive home from the farm and it is Florida (hot/humid), so I didn’t think much of it. We took care of our other birds for about 30 minutes, freshening their water and food and bedding, and then the Orpington started chirping the distress chirp. I thought my lamp needed adjusted and look over and saw the little black silkie struggling next to the feeder, laying spread eagle with foam coming out of her mouth and breathing rapidly. I’m an adult ER nurse, so I just did what I would do with a baby and tried stimulating her crop , and more mucous and fluid came out, soaking her. I got a tissue and put her next the lamp trying to stimulate her and was blowing on her beak and cheeks but she was just a floppy rag doll

. I know that silkies are so fragile but geesh…this one only lasted an hour??? Now I’m watching the other two like a hawk and the poor things can’t even get sleep because I’m so afraid that they are dead…and my little Orpington likes to make the distress call just to get picked up, in true orping style.
I’m wondering if the chick got water intoxication or aspirated? These are things that can happen to humans, but not sure about chicks?