Chicks dying, they were shipped today

[Want Less]

I'm curious what breed of chicks you have that are dying? We too got our shipment of chicks yesterday. Of the 25 3 have died so far and 3 are pretty weak, actually im suprised they survived the night Ours that are doing poorly are silver polish. We got 5 other breeds in our shipment and all of those are doing great, so it's odd that just the polish are doing poorly

1- Pearl Leghorn arrived dead
2- The "free exotic rare chick" they include with the order died shortly after arrival
3- Silver Laced Wyandotte died shortly after arrival
4-Pearl Leghorn is very weak right now
5-Light Brahma is very weak right now (and very small)
6-Red Star very weak and very small

Of the remaining chicks (I think we have 24 left in the two brooders), we have a mix of Pearl Leghorns, Buff Orps, Red Stars, Light Brahmas, New Hampshires, Easter Eggers. They all seem to be doing OK and coming around, but a big handful of them are on the small side.

 

[vtmom]

Our rare exotic chick was doa as well. I imagine its just way too cold this time of year to ship those. Our polish are so weak, one I haven't been able to get to eat anything Im quite surprised they made it through the night. They are super lethargic,ive tried sugar water, and even a little honey as per the hatchery.

 

[TravisE]

i had ordered 20 blr wyandottes and 5 white jersey giants. i now down to 1 white jersey giant and 11 blrws. they had sent 27 total chicks. ilike i had said i had 10 doa. ive had 5 died since i got them.

 

[dolphinlvr4]

TravisE, that's awful n really sad. :-(. I'm so sry for your loses.

 

[kellieetal]

Is this a normally reliable hatchery? I've not gotten started with my chickens yet, as we're planning on moving and I don't want to try to move a flock in the back of a u-haul truck for 4 days of driving. So for now, I'm just trying to watch and see which hatcheries people recommend.

 

[Caitlin_VT]

On another post I read that when someone received their shipment last month, they had a couple non-responsive chicks that they thought were going to die. They plugged their incubator in and put the chicks in it to warm up for a couple hours. From what I understood, I think the chicks recovered. They seem to be very susceptible to cold shock.

 

[dolphinlvr4]

I've only used mypetchicken.com n had very healthy chicks. I was going to use mcmurry but I only wanted 5 and they will send orders smaller than 25. Shipping was a lil high but I got them in nov and they traveled a long way to get here. I was very pleased, my hens r quality and customer service was great too. Hope that helps.

 

[tommysgirl]

re shipping on Saturday, according to the cusomer service rep I spoke with that is their practice. I don't get it. Last year I used mypetchicken and they ship on Monday and Tuesday with Chicks arriving Tues-Thursday. I cancelled my order to Murray McMurray because of this and am opting for less variety but more healthy chicks this year by going to the feed store for my babies.

 

[Coralietg]

Travis, looks like we are in a similar situation. We had 9 DOA, 3 died shortly after, and 5 died in the past several hours. A couple look like they're not going to make it either. Ours was a mix of Buff Minorcas and Bantams. The Minorcas were mainly to get the minimum order to 25. There are 11 chicks left out of an original 28.

Edit: Another Buff Minorca is on it's way out. Head flexed back, beak opening and closing, same as the others.

 

[TravisE]

im down to 10 now out of 27. the ones that have died have done the same as yours. my last wjg is very week . the others are not best either. im sad to hear that Coralietg.