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    Major Mortality rate what could be wrong with my flock? HELP PLEASE

    Lately I have been receiving a lot of pms from people wanting me to post what the end result was. Well the end result was that the FDA didn't know what it was, it wasn't New Castle or Avian Influenza so they didn't really care. We lost a few more birds last fall, then nothing. This spring we had...
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    Major Mortality rate what could be wrong with my flock? HELP PLEASE

    Thank you, at dark I plan to catch all the chickens that sleep in the garage, which I think is almost all of them, and pen them in what use to be the duck pen. It has a 5' by 3' Small House in it, I will give them the duramycin in there water for 14 days. If I don't loose any more chickens in...
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    Major Mortality rate what could be wrong with my flock? HELP PLEASE

    Great thank you , I have to work till 6:30 tonight. I leave in 20 min to go to work. I will pen up the chickens tonight and start with the dura mycin tomorrow. As I don't have to go in untill 4:30 tomorrow. Then I work till 11 then the next day I have to go in at 6am work till 2pm then not go...
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    Major Mortality rate what could be wrong with my flock? HELP PLEASE

    I havn't heard from the vet. I figure they are busy with the salmonella outbreak going on. I came upon some antibiotics and was hoping for some advice about what and how to administer them. I Have Sulmet, and Duramycin-10 as well as some vitamins and Electrolytes from durvet. Which should I...
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    Major Mortality rate what could be wrong with my flock? HELP PLEASE

    well the Vet from the USDA is suppose to call me back tonight with the blood test results. I am thinking they will have tested negative for those three things END, AI and infectious laryngitis but will let you know what she says. On a good note we have not lost a chicken in three days. And...
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    Major Mortality rate what could be wrong with my flock? HELP PLEASE

    Quote: I am so sorry to hear about your mom, for you too. She will be coming home as soon as she can make the trip. I just wish she was coming home to stay. It doesn't seem right for her to be so far away when it happens. I know at some point I just need to cry... but it never seems like the...
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    Major Mortality rate what could be wrong with my flock? HELP PLEASE

    Again you have all been so wonderful. I know that when I get on here I will find, support, help and hope for a better outcome. I so appreciate all you have done for me and all the support you have given me. Last night a skunk found our mama guinea and two day old keets. He killed nine of them...
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    Major Mortality rate what could be wrong with my flock? HELP PLEASE

    Quote: Thank you for that Dotty. Thankfully I do have Jesus. One of the things that has helped the most during this time is listening to life 101.9 the local christian music station. "Before the Morning" is a wonderful song that really describes what I am feeling, I cry everytime I listen to...
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    Major Mortality rate what could be wrong with my flock? HELP PLEASE

    Well first of all my sister may only have 6-8 weeks left. She doesn't seem to want to fight it has basically just given up. Everything I have read about Pancreatic cancer in the end stage only furthers my worry, it is not a pleasent disease, it will be very very painfull for my sister, they may...
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    Major Mortality rate what could be wrong with my flock? HELP PLEASE

    Well the vet called me last night after 7pm I missed the call,( I had forgotten to turn the ringer on my cell back up after I got off work) but she left a message saying that they had done the tests on the urine samples (I'm guessing from the q tip we stuck up there butts) and it had tested...
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    Major Mortality rate what could be wrong with my flock? HELP PLEASE

    Quote: Sorry I meant to respond to this with my last post but I was on the phone with my niece and forgot all about it. Our birds drink the same water as us, our dogs, and our mini horse. Also we lost 4 chickens yesterday, another of our Salmon Favorelles, 1 barred x full grown rooster, and...
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    Major Mortality rate what could be wrong with my flock? HELP PLEASE

    I still haven't heard from the vet If I don't hear by tomorrow at 4pm I will call the Vet who came out here. My sister had surgery today, it was a large mass and near vital organs and they could not remove it. They gave her 6-9 months with out chemo or a year with chemo. However they said that...
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    Major Mortality rate what could be wrong with my flock? HELP PLEASE

    mypicklebird yes I know that. I guess I had just gotten lucky one to many times. Also my friend and I had planned to start raising a few breeds next year, and we only picked healthy looking birds. We did just fine until the last kalona auciton, and if I had actually bought the birds I thought I...
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    Major Mortality rate what could be wrong with my flock? HELP PLEASE

    Well hopefully the vet will call us soon at least to rule out somethings. We have decided that if its not one of the two majors END and AI but is instead some virus we will destroy the chickens we have left as they could be carriers anyway. Of course the ducks and guineas and peacock could be as...
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    Major Mortality rate what could be wrong with my flock? HELP PLEASE

    Quote: All the chicks where fed medicated feed, so it can't be Cocci. The USDA doesn't feel like it is a poisoning.
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    Major Mortality rate what could be wrong with my flock? HELP PLEASE

    Quote: The Lady from the USDA asked me the same question and I think I might have somewhat of an answer. This could be a long post as I work from the beginning to find out how many birds I actually had to begin with. I started this year with: CHICKENS:Three Salmon Favorelle Hens, three...
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    Major Mortality rate what could be wrong with my flock? HELP PLEASE

    The lady from the USDA came out this morning and was here for over an hour. She swabed the throat and vent of 10 of the younger birds (between 3-4mths) as well as 5 of the adult chickens and 5 of the ducks. She said we didn't need to swab the guineas because none had died. We also killed three...
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    Major Mortality rate what could be wrong with my flock? HELP PLEASE

    This afternoon a nice lady from the USDA called she plans to come out tomorrow late morning or early afternoon and test a bird. I am not sure how long that will take to get the results. I am just so glad that someone is listening to me. I hope that it is something that might be able to be cured...
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    Major Mortality rate what could be wrong with my flock? HELP PLEASE

    A vet called me today, from the email I sent. His name was Randy something.. Anyway he was very nice and very helpful. He is contacting someone so that they will send out someone to test a bird. He said they will only test for END and Avian influenza but at least we will know then if it is the...
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    Major Mortality rate what could be wrong with my flock? HELP PLEASE

    le neige homme I just want to say thank you for that. It's not often someone will apologize these days and I appreciate that a lot. Thank you Melissa
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