2nd girl this month has died

[MamaKim]

One morning we found our 9 month old Sadie warm but dead in the coop The 2 days ago one of our girl didn't want to bear weight on a leg. Day 1 she would eat and drink voraciously but had light yellow diarrhea. Day 2 she wouldn't eat or drink at all and passe in the evening. I couldn't get anything into her. My husband came home and we emptied the coop, vacuumed and sprayed it down with a bleach solution (1 part bleach to 15- 20 parts water. We Sprinkled DE and then laid new bedding. I added some probiotics. I'm so afraid thus will happen again! Is there anything else I should do? What killed my girls??

 

[MamaKim]

Okay, I'm apparently horrible at posting from my phone. I promise I'm not an idiot.

 

[Nambroth]

The only real way of knowing is to have a necropsy done; do you still have the last chicken that passed away? You might send her for testing. Where do you live? If you are in the US, some states do free or low cost testing. Other states charge a fee but many chicken owners feel it is worth knowing what happened, as some diseases can live in the environment (area where chickens are kept) for years and so measures must be taken with any new birds coming in.
If you still have her, store her under refrigeration (do not freeze) until you can get her send off.

Do you have any chickens left?

Please be aware that bleach is not effective against many diseases on porous surfaces, and DE does not really do much except as possible mite prevention and a desiccant. It can not kill or prevent disease.

 

[gander007]

So what are you feeding your chickens and also how many
do you have left ......

A good natural way to clean out a chicken is to feed them
hard boiled egg's and if you do not believe this try eating
several of them a day for three or four days ....

The egg will replace any vitamins lost and help improve
the immune system .....

 

[MamaKim]

The only real way of knowing is to have a necropsy done; do you still have the last chicken that passed away? You might send her for testing. Where do you live? If you are in the US, some states do free or low cost testing. Other states charge a fee but many chicken owners feel it is worth knowing what happened, as some diseases can live in the environment (area where chickens are kept) for years and so measures must be taken with any new birds coming in.
If you still have her, store her under refrigeration (do not freeze) until you can get her send off.

Do you have any chickens left?

Please be aware that bleach is not effective against many diseases on porous surfaces, and DE does not really do much except as possible mite prevention and a desiccant. It can not kill or prevent disease.

I have 10 left, 9 layers and rooster. DH disposed of the hen . We had a roach problem last year, hence the DE.

So what are you feeding your chickens and also how many
do you have left ......

A good natural way to clean out a chicken is to feed them
hard boiled egg's and if you do not believe this try eating
several of them a day for three or four days ....

The egg will replace any vitamins lost and help improve
the immune system .....

I am feeding them Layena. They were on a layer mash from our local store, but their hours are limited and I couldn't get in to get new food.. so I switched them. They all seemed FINE, so I don't think it's the food switch that got her. I have never wormed them. Should I do that? I put probiotic in their water yesterday.

So should I feed them some hard boiled just as a precaution?

 

[seminolewind]

The only real way of knowing is to have a necropsy done; do you still have the last chicken that passed away? You might send her for testing. Where do you live? If you are in the US, some states do free or low cost testing. Other states charge a fee but many chicken owners feel it is worth knowing what happened, as some diseases can live in the environment (area where chickens are kept) for years and so measures must be taken with any new birds coming in.
If you still have her, store her under refrigeration (do not freeze) until you can get her send off.

Do you have any chickens left?

Please be aware that bleach is not effective against many diseases on porous surfaces, and DE does not really do much except as possible mite prevention and a desiccant. It can not kill or prevent disease.

I agree with Nambroth. A necropsy would be good. Also, is there any bad food or dead animal they can get in contact with? I was thinking about botulism.

 

[gander007]

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Layena is good stuff nothing to worry about there at all ....

And yes continue on with the hard boiled egg just as a extra precaution
as it is natural it is not like giving them pharmaceutical drugs ...

I wish you well in all your poultry ventures

gander007