SOS

[Ksimone]

SOS! In a desperate manner-
We just got a brand new coop and put 10 week old chicks outside to sleep. We got a coop with two separate runs- we had our new ones in an enclosure to get them familiar with the bigger ones and to have them
Be safe from pecking. This morning my husband went in and my 10 week
Old Brahma was dead (she was totally
Fine yesterday) the other five 10 week olds (australorp, x3 lavender orps and buff Orpington look fine) this morning also on the other side of the run one of my
Polish chicks same age, looks like she’s having a hard time standing, heads drooping over and she just seems not herself almost seems like she is having balance issues. one of her poops seemed to be like egg white consistency. Again totally
Fine last night. For context the coop is on a crushed stone pad and in the run and the hen house there is course grain sand. I’m in New England - Temps here are in the 60s -and these chicks were literally all fine yesterday, so I am
Devastated. The sand is a little damp?
Am I doing something wrong? And if I am please help me fix it! Thank you in advance

 

[ChickQueen77]

this happened to 2 of my chicks too I have 1 buff Orpington chick that is still in the brooder and she looked good nothing wrong that night then the next morning I went out and she was dead. I also have a Partridge Wyandotte bantam pullet she looked fine in the morning and that night I went out and found her dead she was fine that morning

 

[nuthatched]

What's their diet? Anything toxic or moldy she could have gotten into?

 

[Ksimone]

this happened to 2 of my chicks too I have 1 buff Orpington chick that is still in the brooder and she looked good nothing wrong that night then the next morning I went out and she was dead. I also have a Partridge Wyandotte bantam pullet she looked fine in the morning and that night I went out and found her dead she was fine that morning

Did you ever figure it out?!

 

[ChickQueen77]

no I still have no idea what happened

 

[Ksimone]

What's their diet? Anything toxic or moldy she could have gotten into?

Nothing changed except we moved them outside the

 

[nuthatched]

Nothing changed except we moved them outside the

What's their diet? Polish are inclined to neurological problems

 

[Ksimone]

What's their diet? Polish are inclined to neurological problems

Still eating grower feed but she was totally fine yesterday

 

[nuthatched]

Still eating grower feed but she was totally fine yesterday

She may need more vitamins, they're prone to vitamin deficiency that occurs quickly. Add chick vitamins to the water and give her a third of a B complex tablet every day for a few weeks, any brand from the grocery store.