Beckys Birds
Songster
I have a question for the amassed knowledge of this forum.
Are Light Brahma Chicks more delicate than other chicks?
I ask this because I keep having one or two die on the way home from the store that's 30 minutes away. I keep them warm on the trip with hand warmers wrapped in paper towels. Both times I've brought the Brahmas home like this, I've had other breeds in the same carrier with them. I've never lost any other breed of chicks except the Brahmas.
By the time we get home, they will be lethargic, so I put them on a warmed rice sock and give them all drops of sugar water to give a boost. I place a tiny drop on the end of her beak, and wait for her to drink it. That usually perks them right up.
What am I doing wrong? It's absolutely breaking my heart that I've lost 3 babies out of 8.
My husband took this picture of me last night without my knowledge (excuse how I look, it'd been a long day and I was in my nightgown with hair in a sleeping bun! I am never photogenic when he has the camera...), but is shows how I give them that extra love. I still lost one last night.
Please help this heartbroken chicken momma!
Are Light Brahma Chicks more delicate than other chicks?
I ask this because I keep having one or two die on the way home from the store that's 30 minutes away. I keep them warm on the trip with hand warmers wrapped in paper towels. Both times I've brought the Brahmas home like this, I've had other breeds in the same carrier with them. I've never lost any other breed of chicks except the Brahmas.
By the time we get home, they will be lethargic, so I put them on a warmed rice sock and give them all drops of sugar water to give a boost. I place a tiny drop on the end of her beak, and wait for her to drink it. That usually perks them right up.
What am I doing wrong? It's absolutely breaking my heart that I've lost 3 babies out of 8.
My husband took this picture of me last night without my knowledge (excuse how I look, it'd been a long day and I was in my nightgown with hair in a sleeping bun! I am never photogenic when he has the camera...), but is shows how I give them that extra love. I still lost one last night.
Please help this heartbroken chicken momma!