Ive been raising chickens for roughly 3 years and have hatched over 100, but Ive come across an odd few chicks as of late. While hatching silkie chicks, about 3/4 are born missing one of their front 3 toes on each foot. They dont seem to be in pain, but they do have obvious walking impairments...
this isn't my first time dealing with coyotes and foxes attacking my birds, but this is only the second to survive. I went down to my barn put them away at night when I found 1 dead broiler, another missing, and an injured guinea. the missing one was clearly gone, and the other had a heart...
the broilers are about 2 months old. my pullets are about 7 months. my average flock is 1 1/2 yr old. and my chickens that are as old as my home, up to 10 yrs old
but the only ones with symptoms are the pullets and broilers,
with the exception for my guinea
my flock ranges from my 8 remaining broilers at about 2 months, to my 9 month old birds, about 15 of those, 15 1 1/2 yr old birds from turkeys, ducks and chickens, and some old chickens at about 5-10 who are yard pets, about 6
I bought broilers about 2 weeks before it started, and one of them was the first to die. but they had absolutely no contact with my other chickens or the area around them
also where can I get corid.
my guinea is usually afraid of me, but if im not chasing it itll stand in place and do nothing...
I haven't added anything to their diet, they eat layer pellets and my open fields, I don't add vitamins unless their sick usually. there are tall stalky plants growing this year, the bottoms grow like spider legs and they have tiny pink flowers on top. but the chickens like them for cover, and...
I have a decent size bird farm, about 35-40. But in the last 3 weeks a new illness has started killing them. it has almost no symptoms and kills in hours to maybe a day. All the birds start acting lethargic(tired and sluggish) and they stop eating mostly. Then they start sleeping or laying down...