Trouble with Polish chicks, PLS HELP

[Emily Young]

So I had gotten 15 chicks about 7-8 weeks ago, and two of them were silver laced polish chicks. They all arrived a day old, the other breeds were rainbow, barred rock, salmon favorelle, New Hampshire red, and americauna. But, the day that they arrived, one silver laced polish chick didn't even last the night. The second seemed to be doing better, but ended up dying two or three days later, even though we supplied them with food, water, and a brooder. I had read that polish chicks are very fragile as babies, but if I were to get more polish chicks in the future, what might I do to ensure them living?

 

[AlleysChicks]

@granny hatchet

 

[Granny Hatchet]

Hi Emily, I think they should of been just as healthy as the others were and you may have had a bit of bad luck. In the future: Try to buy local, no shipping if possible but if you must, have some sav-a-chick on hand . I actually give mine gatoraid diluted 50-50 for the first week. Not sure this is what anyone else would recommend or not but it works for me. I also make sure to have corrid on hand and at the first sign of anyone of them not feeling well I will switch to water and add the corrid and some sugar. Then tend to get picked on by bigger chicks so I have them alone or with bantam chicks. A peck on their head can mean death as they have vaulted sculls. I hope this dont discourage you from trying again as they are pretty cool chickens.
ps, they like fruit punch flavor. LOL

 

[Emily Young]

Thanks a lot! I will try the fruit punch flavor lol!