Seems I got this slowed down. Didn't lose any today and not seeing the blood inside. I've read a ton of info on here and conditions were right for outbreak of cocci.
Should I try to use some sort of disinfectant?
We opened a 2 x 4 foot opening for ventilation and not using the heat lamps...
I got 1 of my dead hens sent off but today I noticed something, blood in their poop. It's been raining so much you couldn't see it before. I've been looking but today saw a couple of piles. I rushed to feed store and got some sulmit I think it's called. I've got some corrid as well. I put the...
Now they only sleep in this space. They aren't out at Sun up and once they go into coop in afternoon it's closed. They have a big yard with a large covered area
The co-op is two floors, top is 10 x 10 and bottom is 10 x 24. It has ventilation vents in the top and inside the roots there are vents. I've turned off the heat lamp and will call tomorrow
I put 39 hens in with my older flock 8 weeks ago. They are now about 4 months old. Nothing has changed in the coop but all of a sudden over last 3 days they have started dying. 2 Monday 4 Tuesday and 2 today, all were my young hens. It's not something like predator and can't see any physical...