Ok, going to outline this as quickly and as accurately as I can.
Three weeks ago, I seperated my three salmon faverolles (2 pullets, 1 cockerel) into a 10x10 breeding pen.
SF (salmon Faverolle) pullet 1 was hatched September, and just began laying about the time I moved them.
SF pullet 2 is her sister, so same age, but has not laid an egg.
A week ago, SF pullet 1 laid an egg on Tuesday, she was acting fine.
Wednesday morning, she seemed sedated, very calm. Her comb was a little purple in color. By the afternoon, she was walking like she was stiff. I would pick her up and put her down, and it would take her a minute to get her balance. She would stay in one place, unless she was getting water. The temperatures got down to 36. The next morning she was dead.
Today I noticed SF pullet 2 acting the same way as pullet 1 did the day before I found her dead.
Here are some things I checked on while she was alive, and postmortem
1. No diaherrea
2. No swollen crops
3. No mites - they where wormed three weeks ago
4. Eyes clear, pupils constrict and dilate
5. No bruising I or under skin that I saw.
6. Did not see any bloody feces in pen
7. Food has not changed. I go through 50lbs a week, did not see any mold. Same food fed to all the chickens.
8. Pullet 1 had purple comb, pullet two does not.. Only differences in symptoms
9. Both pullets are of good weight.
10. Breathing sounded normal
11. No chemicals or poisons set out recently.
I just gave SF pullet 2 an Epsom salt flush, hoping maybe she would survive the night. I am not optimistic. I guess I will send her off for a neoropsy if she passes.
Any ideas/suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Three weeks ago, I seperated my three salmon faverolles (2 pullets, 1 cockerel) into a 10x10 breeding pen.
SF (salmon Faverolle) pullet 1 was hatched September, and just began laying about the time I moved them.
SF pullet 2 is her sister, so same age, but has not laid an egg.
A week ago, SF pullet 1 laid an egg on Tuesday, she was acting fine.
Wednesday morning, she seemed sedated, very calm. Her comb was a little purple in color. By the afternoon, she was walking like she was stiff. I would pick her up and put her down, and it would take her a minute to get her balance. She would stay in one place, unless she was getting water. The temperatures got down to 36. The next morning she was dead.
Today I noticed SF pullet 2 acting the same way as pullet 1 did the day before I found her dead.
Here are some things I checked on while she was alive, and postmortem
1. No diaherrea
2. No swollen crops
3. No mites - they where wormed three weeks ago
4. Eyes clear, pupils constrict and dilate
5. No bruising I or under skin that I saw.
6. Did not see any bloody feces in pen
7. Food has not changed. I go through 50lbs a week, did not see any mold. Same food fed to all the chickens.
8. Pullet 1 had purple comb, pullet two does not.. Only differences in symptoms
9. Both pullets are of good weight.
10. Breathing sounded normal
11. No chemicals or poisons set out recently.
I just gave SF pullet 2 an Epsom salt flush, hoping maybe she would survive the night. I am not optimistic. I guess I will send her off for a neoropsy if she passes.
Any ideas/suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
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