- May 30, 2011
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Help! My Guinea Keets are dropping dead everywhere. One of my Guinea hens hatched 21 keets between the July 4th and 7th.
Now I've got 11, and one is dying as I write this.
I don't know if it's an illness, injury or genetic factor.
First I thought they weren't getting enough water---but their bowl was always full, and I saw them drinking. Then I though they were being stepped on by their parents (they were kept in a 8x8 chicken coop), and then I thought maybe it's something to do with genetics (their parents are probably full siblings or have some close relation). Could it be diet? They're eating the chicken feed like the others.
They all have the same ''symptoms''. They look slightly shrunken the morning before collapsing, then they act weak, can't walk, and kind of flop around. If you pick one up, its head rolls backward.
Please help!
Thank you so much,
MiniCochin
Now I've got 11, and one is dying as I write this.
I don't know if it's an illness, injury or genetic factor.
First I thought they weren't getting enough water---but their bowl was always full, and I saw them drinking. Then I though they were being stepped on by their parents (they were kept in a 8x8 chicken coop), and then I thought maybe it's something to do with genetics (their parents are probably full siblings or have some close relation). Could it be diet? They're eating the chicken feed like the others.
They all have the same ''symptoms''. They look slightly shrunken the morning before collapsing, then they act weak, can't walk, and kind of flop around. If you pick one up, its head rolls backward.
Please help!
Thank you so much,
MiniCochin