Ok so I had 8 6 week old chicks and I put 6 of them in a pen inside the hen house with 14 hens & pullets- they had clean food & water & grit & a heater. The other two were in a pen up in our indoor porch thing because we were considering selling them- they were all doing fine and they got their first run about the chicken tractor one day, the next day was a cold night so in the morning when they looked all ruffled I thought that was why and the next morning 3 were dead. We thought a hen had gotten them through the cage. They were all flopped over and there was a bit of blood & one and a big tuft of feathers in her claws. Its was unpleasant so we cleaned them
Up and brought the other 3 in and put them with the other two thinking no one would get them and they'd be fine. But over a couple hours they were pooping blood and died. The last one looked sick and I was really mad at myself for compromising our usually pretty strict bio security. I dosed the last bird and the other two with corid the next day because they'd never had anything like medicated feed or anything and I thought maybe they'd gotten coccidiosis digging in the coop. So... When I got home yesterday evening that was 24 hours since dosing them. The two that had been inside that showed no sign of illness were very dead and the last sick bird was crying. She's all hunched over and doesn't do much. I just sent in a fecal sample and she just started pooping blood herself over the last 12 hours. So I have 14 hens & 19 chicks and at this point all have been in the same room as these birds and none are now but we need to Sanatize everything I know... Any idea what on earth is going on?! Has anyone ever had a group go like that? They were all from the same group of eggs hatched at the same place from the same flock as well but they were otherwise all healthy up until they were ruffled up that day I guess. So now I'm
All oh no, they probably got something, bacterial or infectious like deadly deadly bird flu and now everyone's going to die. In saying this you should know we've never lost any bird over a few days old that wasn't to predation... So this is freaking us out seriously. Advice, similar experiences, any response really just this is really strange. Thanks.
Up and brought the other 3 in and put them with the other two thinking no one would get them and they'd be fine. But over a couple hours they were pooping blood and died. The last one looked sick and I was really mad at myself for compromising our usually pretty strict bio security. I dosed the last bird and the other two with corid the next day because they'd never had anything like medicated feed or anything and I thought maybe they'd gotten coccidiosis digging in the coop. So... When I got home yesterday evening that was 24 hours since dosing them. The two that had been inside that showed no sign of illness were very dead and the last sick bird was crying. She's all hunched over and doesn't do much. I just sent in a fecal sample and she just started pooping blood herself over the last 12 hours. So I have 14 hens & 19 chicks and at this point all have been in the same room as these birds and none are now but we need to Sanatize everything I know... Any idea what on earth is going on?! Has anyone ever had a group go like that? They were all from the same group of eggs hatched at the same place from the same flock as well but they were otherwise all healthy up until they were ruffled up that day I guess. So now I'm
All oh no, they probably got something, bacterial or infectious like deadly deadly bird flu and now everyone's going to die. In saying this you should know we've never lost any bird over a few days old that wasn't to predation... So this is freaking us out seriously. Advice, similar experiences, any response really just this is really strange. Thanks.
