Have you tried treating them for coccidia?
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Sorry to hear about your chicks. Marek's disease causes roughing of the skin around the feather follicles. http://www.thepoultrysite.com/diseaseinfo/90/mareks-diseaseIt's a possibility. I have since found out that there are more than one type of cocci and not all chicks show blood in their poo.
I plan to find out if our local ag department offer necropsies at all.
Oh I'm so, so sorry for your loss, I can't even begin to imagine what you and your kids must have gone through in the past few years.My husband was killed shortly after my last post.
We lost everything. Our home, farm, animals, everything.
I'm sure you havent' - it takes time even for the smallest start to healingWe haven’t been ready to start over for the past few years, but now we can’t wait to find a new home and start again.