Unsecure chicken perches

[smarty456]

hello .

okay 14 out of 48 eggs hatched,and it's been almost a week since they hatched,

and this morning i came and there was a dead chick ,does anyone know what happened???

I need advice how to keep the other ones alive,

their indoors in a cardboard box with 2 x100wat bulbs..

 

thanks

[Egluntyne]

These things happen often without explanation. I'd check the food, water and heat are all as they should be, exclude draughts, give everything a good clean and put it down to experience.

[Redwing]

Some things to check..

 

Are they eating and drinking ok

Are they too hot or too cold? (if huddling together under the lights they are too cold, if they are a long way from the lights they are too hot)

Is the chick crumb in date?

could it be Coccidiosis? (the most common cause of chick death)

 

Sometimes you do just get the odd one that doesnt make it. If a few die or look poorly then Coccidiosis would be the likely cause