Mia Sebastian
Chirping
help with my silkie chicks, i hatched both layers and silkie chicks and only the silkies started to get really weak and slowly dying. i have giving them Corid nothing helped. has anyone been loosing chicks?
Arizona Chickens
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I'm sorry your silkie chicks are dying. That is always hard.
I have not lost any chicks. If all of your chicks are getting the same housing and nutrition and only the silkies are having problems, I would suspect a genetic-based issue. Like those particular silkies are susceptible to something your other chicks are not susceptible to. Or they have a genetic defect that is causing them to die. Don't know where you got your silkie hatching eggs from, but I would not use that source again.
This is going to sound harsh and for that I apologize, but it has to be said. You do NOT want to breed birds that fail to thrive. If you want healthy birds you have to cull out all the ones that are NOT healthy. For whatever reason. Babying weak birds with drugs and treatments and keeping any survivors in your flock will eventually weaken your entire flock. Especially if you breed from them later.
With some luck you will eventually find out what happened. In the meantime, if your other chicks remain healthy and happy you can rest assured that the problem is probably not your chicken-keeping skills.
You might want to separate the sick chicks from the others, in case they have something contagious. Even if the other chicks are resistant they could still get something if they have constant exposure.
I wouldn't give the chicks ANY drugs unless you know exactly what is wrong with them. Drugs can further stress the already weak birds. Especially if they are the wrong drugs for the problem.
Good luck.
I just saw a piece on the Phoenix news about a man who was attacked by Africanized bees. Fortunately he survived, but it got me thinking...would a swamp cooler outside on the coop attract bees? Don't get me wrong, I'm sympathetic to the plight of the bees and hope they have a nice summer...but I definitely don't want them moving in to the chicken run or coop. I have also heard that bees do not like cold air, so this may be a dumb question. Have any of you who utilize swamp coolers to keep your chickens comfortable in the summer ever had issues with bees?
Yes a swamp cooler will attract bees. I keep a kitty litter box with floaty stuff in it and at least a couple inches of water on the other side of my garden for the bees at all times. Otherwise I start finding them in the dogs water. And our home swamp cooler is right by the front door, so when the bees start showing interest in it they are right there positioned to come in the house everytime we go in or out. So we have to take measures every year to dissuade them from it. We spray around it with smelling things that the bees won't like, and whatnot. But the water on the other side of the garden has been working really well this year as I started getting them habituated to going over there before it even got hot enough to use the cooler. Thing is, bees usually only attack when they are defending a nest. The water source is USUALLY a community watering hole for them and not something they defend unless they feel directly attacked. Still, it's best to find ways to keep them away from the areas you don't want them.
So, I thought it would be cool to let some hens go broody this year... Yay, chicks I don't have to raise because they are doing all the work!! Right? Haha! My second broody hen has hatched her new little fuzz nuggets, the Bresse hen is about a week or so away from hatching hers. And tonight I went out to get eggs to find that my other Malay pullet is now broody, and one of my Jersey Giant pullets has gone broody too!!!! Oh for freaking AsaHel!!!!! I think three broods is enough for this year! So I kicked them off and pulled their eggs... I already have like 40 chicks in the grow-out too that are getting over crowded and I had to start letting them out earlier than I wanted to... 
I think I brought this on myself, though.....
I think I brought this on myself, though.....
meetthebubus
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@cactusrota awww sweet chickies! Thanks for the pics at least they're not in your home! 
And yes marshy is awesome with his hackles when he shakes he puts them up and looks like a lion
And yes marshy is awesome with his hackles when he shakes he puts them up and looks like a lion
I used a swamp cooler without incident. That said, I have problems with Africanized bees at my house or business every single year. Last year was the worst....a super aggressive group of over 20,000 bees right outside my front door. We were literally trapped inside the house. The bee removal guy wound up having to exterminate them because they were so insanely aggressive.
Wow, that's scary! Last year a little boy died not far away from us. He was poppin an old scrap car with his bb gun and they came out. They almost killed one of the firefighters that came out to respond as well... It was heartbreaking...
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No such thing as too many chick pics, right?!?!?@cactusrota awww sweet chickies! Thanks for the pics at least they're not in your home!
And yes marshy is awesome with his hackles when he shakes he puts them up and looks like a lion
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