Australia - Six states..and that funny little island.

[Teila]

Allsorts has gone

 

[IamSamSam]

Allsorts has gone 

I'm sorry to hear that Teila. And so fast too!

hope the others are ok

 

[satay]

Allsorts has gone 

Sorry for your loss of allsorts

 

[appps]

Oh Telia, I am so sorry What a shock for that to happen so out of the blue

 

[AussieChics]

Sorry to hear Telia ;-(

 

[Teila]

Thank you everyone ... I have had a good sook and have now switched into paranoid mode; checking on Bear every 15 mins, checking poops, researching and scaring the heck out of myself with a number of possible flock-ending diseases

Everyone else appears to be fine. Bear's poops are healthy; nothing else that I can see appears out of the ordinary. Spot & Gloria (older chicks) and Bear are all still on the medicated chick start.

Obviously I was/am very upset but did have the common sense to check Allsorts totally before the little service we had. No parasites; nothing. I am vigilant with their worming and lice/mite prevention.

One possibility could be sudden temperature change in that we had a week or so of very sunny, 29-32 degree temps and today it is still only 24, overcast and windy, with the overnight low being 18. Not cold, but maybe enough of a swing to cause problems.

As I mentioned previously, maybe an accidental overnight internal injury .. I have no idea; I do know that it is very sad

 

[Outpost JWB]

Sorry Teila

. Sometimes we never figure out the cause, but the little baby chickies can cause us to lose as much sleep as a real child!

 

[Teila]

Again, thank you everyone, I really do appreciate your kind words and support

Still checking Bear quarter hourly and still bouncing around. (s)he is giving mum extra cuddles but I think that is because it is a little cooler today; both Mum and Bear are probably feeling a loss also

Anyways, on the subject of being vigilant with pests and worming, the big gals are due for their 6 monthly worming. I have a slight technicality in that Blondie is separated with her 3 week old and Tina is casually separated (joins in the supervised free range in the afternoon without bubs) with her 6 week olds. 3 x different lots of waterers. To worm Tina and Blondie, it would be in the water the chicks are drinking.

I use Kilverm and it does not mention age limit but I assume worming 3 and 6 week old chicks is not advised? Should I just worm the remaining three adults in the main coop/run and then redo everyone when full integration has happened? Or would I be best off delaying the routine worming until the chicks are older?

 

[Fancychooklady]

Again, thank you everyone, I really do appreciate your kind words and support 

Still checking Bear quarter hourly and still bouncing around.  (s)he is giving mum extra cuddles but I think that is because it is a little cooler today; both Mum and Bear are probably feeling a loss also

Anyways, on the subject of being vigilant with pests and worming, the big gals are due for their 6 monthly worming.  I have a slight technicality in that Blondie is separated with her 3 week old and Tina is casually separated (joins in the supervised free range in the afternoon without bubs) with her 6 week olds.   3 x different lots of waterers.  To worm Tina and Blondie, it would be in the water the chicks are drinking.

I use Kilverm and it does not mention age limit but I assume worming 3 and 6 week old chicks is not advised?  Should I just worm the remaining three adults in the main coop/run and then redo everyone when full integration has happened?  Or would I be best off delaying the routine worming until the chicks are older?

Sorry for the loss of your little allsorts. Keep an eye on the others and if you don't have any amprolium in your first aid box, now would be a good time to get some , just in case. On the wormer , I don't worm mine till 3 months of age. Please be aware that nilverm , as with any levamisole wormer shouldn't be administered in hot weather.

http://www.littlevalleypoultry.com/poultry-medications?product_id=82

 

[Teila]

Thank you so very much Fancy

Yeah, I saw that hot weather warning on the Kilverm and probably need to time by worming schedule a bit better. Doesn't help that it got hot quick and will wait and see if we get a week that is predicted to stay cooler.

I do not have any Amprolium on hand but will get some, thank you for the link.

I'm thinking with the heat probably returning shortly and the hopefully slim chance of an underlying illness for which they will all need treatment, I am going to delay the worming for a while at least.

Yep, keeping a very close eye on everyone but then I tend to do that anyway .. am I the only one who frequently dons the magnifying glasses and scans their chickens poop? I think not

Probably not wise to worm them right now anyway while I need to keep an eye for any changes.

Thanks again; I really appreciate all the support and advice from everyone