- Apr 29, 2012
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I got 8 chicks from a swap @ Tractor supply Sat evening. 2 cochin bantam from 1 breeders & the other 6 from another.
Well 1 below "hiccup" died Wed am, & NOW today Thur AM my little tiny Cochin "Primrose" was dead when I got up. They came from different breeders & Primrose did not have the hiccup thing. She was just tiny & beautiful & sweet.
Please help me know if I have an outbreak or something contagious or if it will effect me or my kids.. we handle them trough out day & kiss etc. Trying to make them as tame as my 10 6 week old chicks. And I am worried about them too. OMG
they are on pine shavings. medicated starter feed & well water
when we got them home this 1 seemed to have hiccups, & makes an odd noise & extend neck & shake it sometimes. I have noticed for a few days that I don't feel any lump in the neck like I did w/ my last batch in that area to be food processing. I had them on Sav a chick since Sat but switched to water today. (since they were out in the sun, & all the stress of being handled & looked over & then in a box for a few hrs.
I read somewhere to look down its throat for a worm, but that is literaly impossible for me, I have tried & can't open it enough, it is too small & dark etc. even w/ my readers & a flashlight. I have massages & felt the neck & throat.
She is a baby Speckled Sussex perhaps 2 weeks old. We bought her from a nice young man who was 4H, FFA & is now breeding.
She is in a large cardboard box w/ 7 other sisters.
We handle & kiss & pet them all like we did our last bunch to get them to know us & as they are pets too.
I do have a super tiny Chochin (my silly daughter who is very tiny for her age, asked breeder for the smallest chick they had, geez. she is "Primrose" & super insect tiny to my eyes) who seems vulnerable & whom we love I worry about her and my others if this is something weird. Also my 10 other 5 week old girls are in a huge rubbermaid container just near by sharing the light & our hands & kisses.
I am very worried, & have too sensitive Aspergers Autism kids. And 1 does have an immune disorder, so let me know if U think I need to proactively take her to DR is this is something creepy.
Thank you
Garland, Evangeline, Thor
Well 1 below "hiccup" died Wed am, & NOW today Thur AM my little tiny Cochin "Primrose" was dead when I got up. They came from different breeders & Primrose did not have the hiccup thing. She was just tiny & beautiful & sweet.
Please help me know if I have an outbreak or something contagious or if it will effect me or my kids.. we handle them trough out day & kiss etc. Trying to make them as tame as my 10 6 week old chicks. And I am worried about them too. OMG
they are on pine shavings. medicated starter feed & well water
when we got them home this 1 seemed to have hiccups, & makes an odd noise & extend neck & shake it sometimes. I have noticed for a few days that I don't feel any lump in the neck like I did w/ my last batch in that area to be food processing. I had them on Sav a chick since Sat but switched to water today. (since they were out in the sun, & all the stress of being handled & looked over & then in a box for a few hrs.
I read somewhere to look down its throat for a worm, but that is literaly impossible for me, I have tried & can't open it enough, it is too small & dark etc. even w/ my readers & a flashlight. I have massages & felt the neck & throat.
She is a baby Speckled Sussex perhaps 2 weeks old. We bought her from a nice young man who was 4H, FFA & is now breeding.
She is in a large cardboard box w/ 7 other sisters.
We handle & kiss & pet them all like we did our last bunch to get them to know us & as they are pets too.
I do have a super tiny Chochin (my silly daughter who is very tiny for her age, asked breeder for the smallest chick they had, geez. she is "Primrose" & super insect tiny to my eyes) who seems vulnerable & whom we love I worry about her and my others if this is something weird. Also my 10 other 5 week old girls are in a huge rubbermaid container just near by sharing the light & our hands & kisses.
I am very worried, & have too sensitive Aspergers Autism kids. And 1 does have an immune disorder, so let me know if U think I need to proactively take her to DR is this is something creepy.
Thank you
Garland, Evangeline, Thor
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