Our feed is kept in a container outside, so we didn't really notice anything when we opened it....After they started dying we smelled it and it smelled awful....that is why we had it tested....
Yes, I had cocci...First time ever....The way it was explained to me that if the chickens have cocci while laying the eggs it makes the eggs bad....The guy that lives near me says all the eggs recalled are from his new chicks that were still on medicated starter feed while they were just...
I bought some starter medicated feed at a farm and fleet and right after I started feeding it my one month olds got sick and died within 24 hours...My 2 month old started getting watery stool....I just got the results of my feed test back...It is missing the drug Amprolium...I also live in Iowa...
I just went through this with a rooster and a coon....I had the rooster in a pet carrier in my livingroom for about two weeks...Watch out for maggots, but put triple antibiotic ointment (I keep it in my medicine since I have a 4 year old) on the wounds...Just keep it in a clean place away from...
Thanks Aveca for the little tidbit of info...I have a post cuz my 6 week old all died and my 9 week olds are getting sick...We just got a new bag of feed on Sunday and I lost my first bird Thursday, I was wondering about the feed...Now my husband and I are really wondering about the feed....I...
Where would I get the medicine? With it being Sat all the vets are closed...Do the farm fleets have it? I can run to the farm fleet in about an hour..So you don't recommend doing the molassess at all?
About two weeks ago we moved the two month olds to where they could more interact with the adults...They get out and run around the yard with the adults and the adults go in their cage too....The two that died had not interacted with the adults at all...Besides giving the babies medicated feed...
I have been raising baby chicks for over two years and never had any problems until now...It started in Thurs one that was a little over a month old was just sitting there with it's eyes closed and a few hours later it was dead...This morning the same happened to it's bunk mate even after we...