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My feed store has a poultry section with antibiotics. There are "weaker" antibiotics and "stronger" ones...you can go do a window shopping excursion at these sites if you want (and others):
http://www.jefferslivestock.com/ssc/default.asp?CID=2&mscssid=GSJ80NSEP9W48K9U2U6VFJN5VQF9D5QD...
I have found dead chicks from a hatchery as late as 3 weeks old, dead from no known cause. Nothing contagious, no one else has any problems. You will need to check your other chickens to see if they are exhibiting symptoms of illness.
If they are not, then you will need to decide if you think...
Oh I wouldn't be so fast!!!
You don't know if that is what killed him.
Read this thread carefully if you want:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=3251573
ETA: I'm just talking to the OP here, not anyone who is also responding to the thread- I don't want him or her to...