why did my baby chicks die????

[dmkitchen96]

hello i hope some one can help me. i had 12 black fancy feet chicks, they were about 5 months old. they was in a cage. i woke up the other morning and 10 of them was dead, i lost another 1 lst night. now my question is could where my daughter fed them laying mash would that causethem to die or was it just to cold it was -14. please help thanks

dmkitchen96

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Strange that they all went in one night. That doesn't sound like a food issue. And at 5 months they are all feathered out.
Had they been in a heated area before subjected to the below zero stuff?

 

[dsqard]

At five months laying mash shouldn't have caused the problem either. Were all of the chickens inside the coop when they died? Was there no sign of a predator getting in? The only other thing I can think of is the laying mash moldy?

 

[noitulover]

Were they in a cage outside? Did they have any shelter from the cold? If not, that is why they died. Chickens need shelter from the weather. A cage out in -14 degree weather would kill them.