Why did my baby chick die

[chickengeorgeto]

One of my hens hatched 7 chicks, but they have all died in the last 24 hours. They seemed fine. Five died during the night. I found them in a huddle in the coop. The other 2 were dead outside the coop when I got home today. It was cold last night (3 degrees). Is it likely they got too cold ?

Chicks huddle if there isn't enough heat. I am guessing that they got chilled.

 

[Farm Girl 1]

Depending on how big your area is for them a 250 watt might be just fine. I use pine shaving for my chickens over 5 weeks, but for chicks I use straw. Make sure to either have medicated feed or buy some medicine powder and put it in the water. This is just to keep them healthy.

 

[Sheeny]

Thanks very much. That is what I guessed, but my husband is convinced something else happened and is blaming the hen for being a poor mother, but she looked after them beautifully for the first 10 days.

 

[Horsebackrules]

Sorry to hear that. I would assume cold killed them as it seems unlikely that all would die overnight after seeming healthy.