Please help!

[Ada06]

Is there a place in the brooder that they can move away from the heat? If not they might be to warm.

Yes, that is where the food and water are.

 

[Ada06]

Just came out to the brooder, it's looking like she just dropped off, not totally sure though.

 

[Ada06]

 

[Ada06]

She may have been sick when she was brought home. Really disappointed. They were $22 per chick. I was really hoping they would live to adulthood. I may have noticed too late.

 

[Eggcessive]

Sorry for your loss. You can get (usually white) silkies from a feed store such as TSC once a week or occasionally with other bantams. Ask what day they come in and be there so they don’t have a chance to be neglected. Bantams are a little more delicate at first, and shipping can stress them. Make sure there is no pasty butt, and that they have been active and drinking water. When I get baby chicks, I dip their beaks in water and in the food so they know where it is located. A drop or two of Poultry NutriDrench or Poultry Cell given orally does not hurt.

 

[Ada06]

I am checking TSC for bantams, at the moment I have a sock in there for her.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I have 2 silkie chicks. I got them Friday. They are tiny! One sleeps constantly! I pick it up and it immediately sleeps again. The other is active. I have sugar water in their brooder to hopefully help it perk up. What could be the problem? I don't want to lose her, I already lost a chicken this week. Thank you!!

It was a grown chicken. She was killed by my neighbors dog.

They are 2 weeks according to the breeder I got them from. They have medicated feed from tsc with a bit of organic powder feed that I got because their beaks are so small. The brooder is 90 degrees.

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I'm sorry about your chick.
How hot is it in your brooder?
To me, it looks like the light is too close.
You only want one warm spot in the brooder. Can you provide a bigger container or box and move the lamp? I've made cardboard brooders larger by cutting the end off one box and fitting 2 together and just using tape to secure them. This gives you more room to fiddle with the light and temperature and allows space for the chicks to have a place to cool down as well.
For 2week old chicks aim for around 85-90 in just 1 spot. The rest of the brooder can be cool.
Place food and water on the cool side.
For tiny chicks that have a hard time managing regular chick starter, you can make the feed into a wet mash. I usually soak a small amount of starter in warm water for about 15 minutes, make it to the consistency of loose oatmeal.