Yes I noticed them trying to, and that’s why we removed it 3 days ago.This is an odd thought, but when you put them in, were they trying to eat the pine shavings? I initially thought this was the case with my chick (I saw them all eating them) but since the clicking stopped when I added shade, I disregarded it.
Oh sorry I missed that in your post. Are the other chicks still doing ok? No clicking noises when you hold them to your ear?
That’s okay!!! Thank you for your input!! Yes the other 2 are doing fine, they were/are bigger than the one that passed. I know seramas are small but this one was very very petite.
Sometimes chicks just die. Your chick might have had something wrong inside of its body like a system malfunction of some kind. This just happens sometimes. They don’t always die right away but can take a while. I’m really sorry. I wish we could do something for those tiny babies who’s bodies don’t function right.We recently got our serama chicks last Thursday. We received 3 of them, all fine and well.
last night, after cleaning the brooder we noticed one of our chicks (the smallest one) was very sleepy, and lethargic. We assisted her to drinking water and she seemed to find the others to lay with. (They drink electrolyte water and eat medicated chick feed that we make sure are tiny pieces for them as they are so little)
At 3 am we woke up and noticed she was then laying on her side, gasping for air, we held her and inspected her, no pasty butt, nothing in her throat, but she seemed a little still and unable to open her eyes or lift her head. Shortly after she passed away, and drool (clear sticky goo like) came out of her mouth…
any ideas what this sounds like? The other two are still running around eating and seem unphased. Is there something I should do to help protect the other two so this doesn’t happen again?
picture of her so you can see how little she was (yes I know she was not for sure a she yet)
the chicks brooder is at 94.3 degrees, they eat Purina medicated chick feed, drink electrolyte water, and they get their brooder cleaned every other day. Their bedding was pine shavings and puppy pads for a few days, then moved to only puppy pads.
Thank you for any input.
Are they mostly staying in the shade? I would definitely add more shade and/or raise the heat lamp if you can.
