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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 The other two seem fine at the mo but I'm watching them constantly!!
Fingers x'ed that they make it.

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

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

Keep us updated!

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??

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.

Sad,mabe shock or internal injury? Hope the other 2 make it.A.

Sad update...the last two chicks died this morning
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!!