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A couple of weeks ago my son and I went to a local breeder (not a good one as I have since found out!) to buy him some 6 week old chicks. He bought 4 (speckled Sussex) and thery're doing great.
Whilst I was there the owner thrust 5 two day old chicks at me saying to take them as they would surely die as they were being badly picked on and she had no separate accomadation for them. I took them home and swiftly made a home made brooder!! Three of the chicks bums were bleeding from where they were pecked. One died the first night, one died last week and one died this morning :cry: The other two seem fine at the mo but I'm watching them constantly!!
Fingers x'ed that they make it.
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Post: # 42219Post 2steps »

hope your chicks will be ok. I had 2 yesterday pipping away but one died before it could get out totally. so now I have a lone chick but still got 2 eggs on the incubator so hope they'll hatch

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Post: # 42237Post the.fee.fairy »

good luck with them. Its so nice of you to rescue them (for that's what it was...) from the breeder.

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Post: # 42238Post Shirley »

the.fee.fairy wrote:good luck with them. Its so nice of you to rescue them (for that's what it was...) from the breeder.
Yes indeed!!

I hope the remaining 2 survive... was it the ones with bleeding bums that died??
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Post: # 42245Post monkeynuts »

Yes it was but that had stopped immediately so not sure what they actually died of. It is possible that the stress killed them, but who knows.
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Sad,mabe shock or internal injury? :( Hope the other 2 make it.A.
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Post: # 42403Post monkeynuts »

Sad update...the last two chicks died this morning :cry:
I had a chook keeping friend over just yesterday and he said that the set-up was fine so baffled as to what they died of. Poor little things!!
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