Getting the flock out of here - a diary of a crazy chicken man

We have had a disaster of a week with the quail.

On day 4 they started dying. 5-15 per day. I initially though they were drowning in the water as some were wet. This cost me valuable time with r=trying to treat them.

We then treated with Corid.

Then we added Di-Methox.

No resolution. Chicks just keep dying. The go from jumpy little quails to dead with no warning and few symptoms.

I am now working on a diagnosis of ulcerative enteritis - an infectious diseas cause by clostridium colinum. It seems to be the only thing that makes sense. I switched to oxytetracycline. We dont have bacitracin so the second choice antibiotic will have to suffice.

We dont have a lot of quail left.

I will know tonight if we have turned the corner.

ozexpat said:

We have had a disaster of a week with the quail.

On day 4 they started dying. 5-15 per day. I initially though they were drowning in the water as some were wet. This cost me valuable time with r=trying to treat them.

We then treated with Corid.

Then we added Di-Methox.

No resolution. Chicks just keep dying. The go from jumpy little quails to dead with no warning and few symptoms.

I am now working on a diagnosis of ulcerative enteritis - an infectious diseas cause by clostridium colinum. It seems to be the only thing that makes sense. I switched to oxytetracycline. We dont have bacitracin so the second choice antibiotic will have to suffice.

We dont have a lot of quail left.

I will know tonight if we have turned the corner.

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Fingers crossed for you Oz!

ozexpat said:

the night was good to us. no deaths. maybe we got the diagnosis right finally.

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Yeah! Get well soon little ones!

Sorry to hear mate.

Hope the team have it cracked and you can work on getting those numbers up. At the very least, you have the incubation sorted.

Thanks friends

Its the first night in a week that we have not had deaths so it does look a whole lot better.

It's hard to make a diagnosis from 7500 miles away. In hindsight I should have known. Its common name is quail disease!

I have certainly done a lot of reading this week.

ozexpat said:

thanks friends

Its the first night in a week that we have not had deaths so it does look a whole lot better.

Its hard to make a diagnosis from 7500 miles away. in hind sight i should have known. its common name is quail disease!

I have cerainly done a lot of reading this week.

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Hang in there. You are doing well.

ozexpat said:

We have had a disaster of a week with the quail.

On day 4 they started dying. 5-15 per day. I initially though they were drowning in the water as some were wet. This cost me valuable time with r=trying to treat them.

We then treated with Corid.

Then we added Di-Methox.

No resolution. Chicks just keep dying. The go from jumpy little quails to dead with no warning and few symptoms.

I am now working on a diagnosis of ulcerative enteritis - an infectious diseas cause by clostridium colinum. It seems to be the only thing that makes sense. I switched to oxytetracycline. We dont have bacitracin so the second choice antibiotic will have to suffice.

We dont have a lot of quail left.

I will know tonight if we have turned the corner.

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Hoping for the Best outcome for your Quail!


Scott

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ozexpat said:

the night was good to us. no deaths. maybe we got the diagnosis right finally.

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oh sooo sorry to hear about this! Things were going so well. I hope they have turned the corner also.