We lost one. I was holding her when she died. Trying to get her to drink. It was awful. I'm pretty scarred and heart broken. The rest seem to be recovering well. They are eating now on their own, and drinking. Sleeping a lot still, but are much much better. I think the remaining 4 will pull through. I'll keep an eye on them obviously. I will not be letting them out until they are all better and it is not wet. Or too hot.
And now a 4th is acting lethargic.We lost another one overnight
MetroPlex, 1 scoop per quart. I have to dip their beaks in. One in particular refuses to drink. So I'm trying to get her to by dipping her beak every 10m. She drinks a little then refuses.
Just that it's been super wet and rainy, they are so lethargic and just want to sleep, one had congestion but the others don't, they just....die. I have to hold up their heads for them to drink. They do not want to hold them up on their own. I'm scared of this happening again. Our food is fresh, we go through it so fast. Our chickens and chicks are not sick. We keep our brooder clean, and as dry as can be, and we switched to a small dog kennel inside so I can get to them easier than our big brooder. I've been brooding them inside. We clean their waterer. There is nothing for them to get into that they can't have.... We use old towels and stuff for their bedding, and we wash it and bleach it lightly every day. We do give them fermented feed, but it smells normal and the chicks and chickens eat it too. It's all flock.....
