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i got ruth's autopsy back: "6-months-old chicken with a history of retarded growth. Coccidian enteritis with: 1- Cecum: typhlitis, necrotizing, focal, moderate with intraluminal coccidia oocysts. Etiology consistent with Eimeria spp. 2- Small intestine: intraluminal coccidia oocysts and...

thanks kittymomma! i am at a loss too. UC Davis takes the dead birds for free and runs about $800. worth of testing. it is amazing! from davis: roo's results were coccidiosis (about a month ago and have since treated the flock with sulfasol and then had another poo analysis which came back...

we took a fecal sample to the vet two weeks ago and it came back negative. i will take another tomorrow. we gave the babies chick starter for the first three months then switched them over to laying pellets cut in half with scratch (my hens kept eating the medicated chick food so i had to...

i will switch them to laying pellets only, thank you. any ideas why my babies are dying?

i mix 50 lbs of scratch in with 100 lbs of laying pellets (all organic). the girls eat the scratch first then the pellets. i make sure most of the pellets are gone before i add more. should i be doing pellets only?

no cuts or infections that i know about. i do feel like i am in the dark on this! i free feed modesto mills laying pellets mixed with scratch. i use two feeders so the little ones can get food. they get lots of veggie treats! started about two months ago i fully clean out our coop and run every...

background: i have five 1 1/2 year old hens and five 6 month old babies that are free range birds on an acre of land. two months ago i lost one of my hens. she was dead in the morning with no signs of trauma. she was nice and heavy. i buried her because i did not know UC Davis does chicken...