Sebright cross red jungle fowl chicks died at 8 - 9 weeks why?

freefly

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Apr 8, 2008
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I have a Sebright (bantam) that had two chicks to a wild red jungle fowl standard size.
One chick died at 8 weeks and the other at 91/2 weeks... this morning.
I feed them medicated starter, they free ranged with there mother.

I don't know if the crossing of a bantam with a standard is a problem, I think this is my main question
or if they had some disease.
The chick that died this morning was shaking it's head and throwing up for about 3 hours before it died.
It was fine yesterday and all it's time growing up.

There coloring never really looked like a sebright. They looked alot like their mother but did'nt have the sebright color... more just black

Here is a pic of them when they were just a few days old

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