Picked up 5 chicks at Dennis’s place. Two lavender ameraucanas, two black ameraucanas, and a olive egger. Last night, I thought they were all dead, since they laid under heating pad and didn’t move for at least 3 hours! I never saw any baby chicks doing this. At first, if I touch or move them, they would open their eyes but not move. At about 9:00 pm, only one even opened her eyes and she opened her mouth and breathed heavy. I thought I would wake up this morning with 5 dead chicks. No, everyone is active and happy! I’m so confused about what happened. Only thing I can think is I used this heating pad on the way home:
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01949J35K?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title
Not sure if it released some chemicals to knock them out like that? But definitely not going to use it again.