- Feb 1, 2008
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Good morning everyone,
I'm posting this for my friend who has lost half her flock, about 10 chickens/chicks in the past week. She had purchased two turkens that were about 2 weeks old and added them to her baby chick coop. The two turken babies died suddenly over night about 3 days later, they seemed fine the night before. She has a separate coop for bigger laying chickens which is about 10 feet away from the baby chick coop. Both coops have runs, the little coop for babies has an above ground run to keep them safe. The week previous one of her hens hatched some babies that she put in the baby coop, and after turkens died, those baby chicks started dying. She thought they had coccidosis so she gave the birds corrid right after the turkens died. She only noticed some bloody poo from one chicken. She's also given Save-a-chick and apple cider vinegar to help the situation, just not all at once. Then some of her bigger chicks started dying as well. One of her turkeys died in her arms, she said it seemed like she was having seizures a little bit. All seemed fine, except one bird that was noticeably sick. She's cleaned the coop, bleached it out, changed out all bedding, but she's at a loss and heartbroken. Can you guys possible give some guidance? She said she's losing at least one a day right now. Thank you so much.
I'm posting this for my friend who has lost half her flock, about 10 chickens/chicks in the past week. She had purchased two turkens that were about 2 weeks old and added them to her baby chick coop. The two turken babies died suddenly over night about 3 days later, they seemed fine the night before. She has a separate coop for bigger laying chickens which is about 10 feet away from the baby chick coop. Both coops have runs, the little coop for babies has an above ground run to keep them safe. The week previous one of her hens hatched some babies that she put in the baby coop, and after turkens died, those baby chicks started dying. She thought they had coccidosis so she gave the birds corrid right after the turkens died. She only noticed some bloody poo from one chicken. She's also given Save-a-chick and apple cider vinegar to help the situation, just not all at once. Then some of her bigger chicks started dying as well. One of her turkeys died in her arms, she said it seemed like she was having seizures a little bit. All seemed fine, except one bird that was noticeably sick. She's cleaned the coop, bleached it out, changed out all bedding, but she's at a loss and heartbroken. Can you guys possible give some guidance? She said she's losing at least one a day right now. Thank you so much.
