mwolflax
Hatching
- Oct 24, 2016
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we for years were getting 400 special blacks from sunnyside hatchery but this year every batch has been constantly just been getting worse they just start walking around like they are drunk and then die within the day even at 3-4 they still die like that! we have tries medicine in the water plus chick boosters when no medicine is put in keep bedding as clean as possible for chickens.... right temps for babies there literally is nothing logical i have not tried to make them better but when i leave at night they are looking great and the next day always a few drunks then dead later that day.......not sure if it is bad breeding or a unkown disease i have not read up on? no bloody poop no watery poop so it does not fit coccidious for the reason... if any one has had problems like this please let me know what you have done to fix it!
next year i am making my own special blacks we have just lost too much money on them just dying this year from sunnyside hatchery.... every other type of chicks i have ordered for my personal flock has not had these issues and they do have contact with each other so it is not passable from contact i do know that thats why i think it is a more serious issue just with the special blacks...even the barred rocks and the rhode islands to cross for the special blacks i will be making are doing awesome and they are in the same brooder room they are happy and healthy and the special blacks just keep slowly keep decreasing in number...totally confused as to why?
next year i am making my own special blacks we have just lost too much money on them just dying this year from sunnyside hatchery.... every other type of chicks i have ordered for my personal flock has not had these issues and they do have contact with each other so it is not passable from contact i do know that thats why i think it is a more serious issue just with the special blacks...even the barred rocks and the rhode islands to cross for the special blacks i will be making are doing awesome and they are in the same brooder room they are happy and healthy and the special blacks just keep slowly keep decreasing in number...totally confused as to why?