Please help sick chickens!!!!

[StinkyAcres]

A day maybe. And another one of the chicks is sick. I am starting to think it might be a problem with my local Rural King. This has never happened before

No, they are too cold. You've raised day old chicks before in 70 degree temps without a heat source?!

 

[Chicken_tiger_catt]

A day or two is too long. They are freezing to death at 70 degrees. It doesn't sound like Rural King. It sounds like too cold. Did you read what almost every person here has said about simple ways to keep them warm until it gets here?

Yes. I set them up with a makeshift brooder, but they just keep getting worse

 

[TaylorGlade]

That brooder isn't working. The heat source is too far away. Put a thermometer in there. If it's not registering 90, it's too cold

Did you see my and @Wyorp Rock suggestion about the heating pad cave?

In case you missed it, @Chicken_tiger_catt here is the link to my post with links to make it again:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/please-help-sick-chickens.1611846/page-4#post-27500150

 

[Chicken_tiger_catt]

No, they are too cold. You've raised day old chicks before in 70 degree temps without a heat source?!

They were a week old that time, and all 19 lived. It might be because that was in late summer, but regardless, I set up a makeshift brooder and they are still just getting worse

 

[TaylorGlade]

They were a week old that time, and all 19 lived. It might be because that was in late summer, but regardless, I set up a makeshift brooder and they are still just getting worse

It's clearly not warm enough. Add a heating pad that doesn't have a shut off and make a cave with it so they can go in - and still have room to get away from it if needed so they also don't overheat. Anyway, good luck.

 

[StinkyAcres]

They were a week old that time, and all 19 lived. It might be because that was in late summer,

Big difference!

I set up a makeshift brooder and they are still just getting worse

They have gone a long time without a proper heat source. I hope they bounce back but they need to be 90+ degrees for that to happen.

 

[1Slayer]

OMG .yes, they are dying from the cold... It's not anything else but that. If it's not too late, which I believe is the case... You need to do anything to keep them warm.

 

[CloneFly]

They were a week old that time, and all 19 lived. It might be because that was in late summer, but regardless, I set up a makeshift brooder and they are still just getting worse

These chicks need heat NOW. Place some water bottles in the microwave for 30secs-1min. Make sure they're WARM not HOT (hold it to your bare skin) and place them in with the chicks. Keep them really warm!

And please, don't get more chicks until you have a proper broader set up.... those poor babies are freezing *and* starving to death. Their digestive system shuts down when they're too cold for too long. I'm sorry you're losing chicks, but please, be sure to do research in the future before bringing any animals- especially baby ones- home. Chicks dying are not the fault of Rural King or a feed store if they were not kept warm or in the proper conditions..

 

[1Slayer]

I had my power go out--- I put them in my bra..okay...like just help them in any way you can!!!!!

 

[CloneFly]

I had my power go out--- I put them in my bra..okay...like just help them in any way you can!!!!!

@1Slayer is right- if you can't keep them warm any other way, place them in your shirt or against your skin. They need the warmth!