why did one of my chicks die?

[Bullwinkle]

Hi xxmrsbellxx

I think hatcheries vary, but most will replace - send replacements now, give a refund to your credit card, or credit towards the next order for chicks that die in the first 48 hours after you receive them. Give the hatchery a call (I lost a few out of 86 from my order last week and McMurray placed the difference back on my Credit Card).

 

[BellLisamo]

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I called, they wont replace the chicks. She told me to put cooked egg w/o yolk and put it on their food to get protein into them.

 

[Kezzie]

I'm sorry if I missed this in another thread but how old were the chicks? Which hatchery did you order from?

 

[cmom]

So sorry for you loss!!!

Sometimes it's just meant to be. We bond so completely so fast with them that when we loose one it's hard. I had a chick that wasn't eating and drinking like my other chicks. I tried to get it to take some water and feed, but it just wouldn't. I put it on a heating pad on my lap one night she was 3 days old and she died in my lap. We both did our best.