Baby chicks suddenly dying?

Question

My Silkie chicken hatched me out some eggs about 5 weeks ago. The chicks hatched out where big stalk chickens not sure of breed they were fully feathered and I decided to take them out of the cage with my silkies and place them into there own cage. I caught them when they were roosting and put them into a pet taxi. On a table on my side pourch. When I woke this morning and went out to feed and water all the chickens the 2 baby chicks where dead. What happened? They were healthy and fat chicks no weird signs of anything wrong. Not sick eating drinking well. It was pretty hot when I went outside this morning I live in kentucky it was morning tho maybe 70 maybe 75 when I went out this morning. Could it have been the heat that killed them? Or did they die from me removing them from roosting? Plz need answers Im verry upset about this!

Answer 1

I dont think moving them would have killed them.It might have stressed them out but not killed them.If the pet carrier was directly in the sun in the morning then it could have very well been the heat.But what I am thinking is maybe it was the size of the carrier.If they were crowded or all cuddled up on top of each other like chicks like to do then the others probably got squished.

Answer 2

How old were your chicks?? around 5 weeks my guess..

You shouldn't have moved them at all they would have been perfect with their mum ..  

You Should have LEFT them be .. what was the pint on putting them on your porch

it was either *disease

                      *dehydration

                      *or cold that killed them

definetly NOt roosting

you shouls have left them with mum though.

Answer 3

this exact same thing happened to my silkie chick, on Wednesday in the morning he couldn't balance then at 2 o'clock his eyes would not open by 6 he was dead i was gutted sorry to here it but i think it was the heat that killed yours or maybe they were dehydrated

Answer 4

Just moving a chicken when it's roosting isn't enough to kill it, no matter how young or old it is; back when I had chickens, when they had been out during the day I would routinely go around the barn and carry the sleepy or sleeping chickens back to their coop.

If there aren't any signs of injury, my bet would be that it was the temperature. Being too hot, in an enclosed space, and without water can kill a creature pretty fast, regardless of what species it is. I'm sorry to hear that they died, no matter how it happened. :(