03/19/2026
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I have seen so many posts just today of box store chicks and ducklings dying, sick, lethargic, and crippled 😩 Chicks a few days old with crusty eyes and lethargic. People are pumping antibiotics, vitamins and minerals in these babies to try to get them to survive.
Posts from new owners trying to figure out how to save their babies that shouldn't have been sold with deformities anyhow.
If you are new to poultry, THIS IS NOT NORMAL when you purchase from an ethical breeder that cares about quality and not mass production.
Chicks and ducklings just don't fall over and die daily!!
Breeders rarely EVER have these issues !!!
Most breeders do not have to supplement anything. My mind is blown at the number of people that are having the same issues across the country.
It's so disheartening when a new poultry owner has so many issues to the point they give up because they can't keep anything alive.
Some of these chicks and ducklings stay in a shipping box for 3 days, go into a brooder at the feed store not knowing how to eat or drink, and then they are boxed up going to their new home already 4 days old and without sustenance. They will be fragile and there will be losses.
Support breeders that care..
Support Ethical breeding practices.
Say no to inferior quality, mass produced and poorly bred birds.
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