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[GunnyBun]

This is the inside of the brooder, they shouldn’t have overheated we have had a early cool snap. I’m thinking it was probably coccidia but it’s poop wasn’t bloody. When our dog got it, it was terrible that is the most worst disease your pets could get. We watched our sweet baby girl just wither away and no matter how much fluids and food we had to force her to eat she just didn’t get better... so I am familiar and the chick had all the classic symptoms except the bloody poop. I just cleaned their water container really good.

 

[GunnyBun]

I know cocci does have blood in the poop but really what else could it be other than,
A crop issue
Overheating which caused her insides to well.... the white stuff I guess
Or maybe the other chicks pecking her vent area? I doubt that since the pic of the butt you sent had no blood or anything- was that pic before the issues?

No that was after, I figured right in the heat of the moment that I needed to take a pic. It was scary to open the brooder and see it just stretched out

 

[GunnyBun]

There are other strains of coccidiosis that do not present with blood in poop, so that's still a possibility. Can you share some pic of poop? How old are they? What do you feed them (feed, treats, etc)? How are the others acting? I'm so sorry that you have lost a bird. My heart breaks for you

They are precisely a month old yesterday and day before yesterday, we feed them Lone Star Chick-Starter. We use Lone Star for all of our animals and they all love it more than any other type of food. I just introduced a little bit of bread to them just the other day, but they didn’t like it. The other are acting fine, the other bantam drags its wings but from the pictures I’ve seen of Old English Blue Bantams their wings naturally have a drag to them.

 

[GunnyBun]

Someone already covered this a bit.. There are at LEAST 9-11 strains of coccidia currently known to effect poultry and only ONE of those will actually present as blood in droppings, causing confusion for folks looking for blood!


Sorry for you loss also.. The death was similar but the cause likely was not. At 3 days old many chicks will fail to thrive as they try to rely on their own digestive system etc as that's about when they run out of energy from their yolk.. and other organs will be needing to function which may not and pass dropping to get waste out of the system..


I'm sure you see what I posted first here since your not the first one I quoted.. but will also mention that these are just the ones that effect poultry and there are other strains (maybe hundreds, I'm not sure) that effect cows, sheep, goats, dogs, etc..


If you suspect coccidiosis.. it's HIGHLY contagious and would be wise to treat everyone with Corid.. I's probably go with an outbreak dose! At the stated age consider coccidiosis the most likely cause of death.


Your sister's attention to detail should be applauded.. apologize to her and pay more attention next time she voices a concern to see if you are able to identify what she is seeing. How much age difference is there between you two and who's the elder?

So these chicks were only under heat for a couple days/nights and have not had a mama hen or anything to stay warm under? At a certain point there's plenty of them to huddle and keep each other warm.. BUT.. being overly cold is extremely uncomfortable, making it almost impossible to sleep, diminishes growth, stunting development... not actually saving a dime in heating cost.

I HATE those heat lamps.. they cost soo much to run.. The rent a coop heat plate on Amazon.. will save it's purchase cost in electricity usage on ONE brood literally! The current temps may be fine for a chick that size and such if it isn't under the weather.. The under the weather.. but once other the weather.. all bets were off.. and while they may not ALL need the added heat.. some will definitely benefit from and appreciate you.. Use your best judgement.. do you have a standard 100 watt bulb or anything less intense than that huge red one.. those make it hard for us, though red IS preferred over white..

The other most likely cause.. according to what I've seen through out the thread would be crop issue.. but that wouldn't really makes sense..

If you have more pass and want answers send it in for necropsy. It's only $25 for 2 birds in California.. but here's the links to state labs..
State poultry labs

Anyways.. no judgement.. only thoughts, support, information, and hopefully some encouragement to community I value so much!


Thank you for sharing possibly helpful things when you find them! Have you learned how to book mark useful links for your own future reference yet? When I saw someone else posting fantastic links.. I made it my goal to learn how.. now I'm SLIGHTLY less computer illiterate.

Thank you for all the information! Me and my sister are two years apart I am the oldest, I guess that makes me a little head strong.