Babies dropping & dying!

[Eggsoteric]

In addition to picking up the Corid to start treatment for coccidiosis, I'd pick up some game bird starter feed (at least 28% protein level). Unfortunately, chick starter feed is not a one size fits all when it comes to poults. Poults nutritional needs are different than that of chicks. In order for them to thrive they need the extra protein. Poults can crash quickly and in my opinion, not meeting their proper nutritional needs can lead to unthrifty birds which can lead to susceptibility to illnesses. Good luck with your poults. Fingers crossed that #3 made it thru the night. Hope you're feeling better as well.

 

[rjohns39]

still hoping for the best...

 

[Sara Ranch]

#3 had two seizures and died during the night
#5 died during the night

Looks like there will be a #6 and #7.

I can't drive due to the leg sting/severe allergic reaction. Can't even walk the stairs. Will add the higher protein feed to the mix when I can get someone to run the errand for me. (Thank you for recommending it.) The other turkeys did fine on starter feed. Could have been luck. Or being outside and foraging. Who knows?

 

[rjohns39]

Sorry to hear that.

 

[Kiki]

Protein level 22%.

#3 just had an epsom salt bath, shook her self dry (and me wet!), and went back to sleep. She's lying on her drying towel, eyes closed, chirping. Checked her vent. Swollen, but clean. No blood. She "screams" when I touch her.

Made a safe bed in a large, deep tupperware container, so I can move her into the bedroom with me.

I am so praying she makes it through the night.

Getting a sick chick wet is NOT a good idea.

 

[Kiki]

Treat remaining ones for Coccidiosis ASAP.

 

[junebuggena]

They haven't been exposed to coccidia long enough to have coccidiosis.

First pic - #3 by herself in the turkey run. (The turkey run is just for the babies.)
Second pic - #3 just pooped big time on my shirt. She's been snuggling my neck (her choice) for the last few hours. Been able to get her to drink a little garlic & syrup water.
Third pic #3 - more poop from her. Quite a bit came out of her bum.

I had to move her so I could remove my stinky shirt. My shirt looked like a baby had spit up on me! So #3 climbed on the back of the couch and there she sits/lays, able to see the yard.

#4 moved away from #3 and down into my lap. He's been there for the last hour or so. Was drinking water. No poop from this one yet. And it now sounds like this was has a slightly stuffy nose. Still breathing through nose. No open beak.

They look chilled. Any wind blowing on them? How much cooler is your outdoor temp compared to their brooder?

 

[Kiki]

I have to agree to disagree here, Coccidiosis can show symptoms within 24 hours of being "exposed" to it.

http://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/$department/deptdocs.nsf/all/agdex4616
Under proper conditions of temperature and moisture, the oocyst develops within one to two days to form a sporulated oocyst, which is capable of infecting other chickens. At this stage, the oocyst contains eight bodies (called sporozoites), each of which is capable of entering a cell in the chicken's intestine after the oocyst is eaten.


http://www.chickenvet.co.uk/health-and-common-diseases/coccidiosis/index.aspx
The oocyst sprorulates (develops so that it becomes infective) in as little as 24 hours under optimum conditions (a humid environment at 25-30ºC).
One of the problems with coccidiosis is that a single oocyst throughout its lifecycle can end up destroying several thousand cells in the gut.

 

[junebuggena]

I have to agree to disagree here, Coccidiosis can show symptoms within 24 hours of being "exposed" to it.

http://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/$department/deptdocs.nsf/all/agdex4616
Under proper conditions of temperature and moisture, the oocyst develops within one to two days to form a sporulated oocyst, which is capable of infecting other chickens. At this stage, the oocyst contains eight bodies (called sporozoites), each of which is capable of entering a cell in the chicken's intestine after the oocyst is eaten.


http://www.chickenvet.co.uk/health-and-common-diseases/coccidiosis/index.aspx
The oocyst sprorulates (develops so that it becomes infective) in as little as 24 hours under optimum conditions (a humid environment at 25-30ºC).
One of the problems with coccidiosis is that a single oocyst throughout its lifecycle can end up destroying several thousand cells in the gut.

But being all hunched up outside, when they haven't been on ground for more than a few hours indicates that it's not necessarily coccidia that is making them ill. It takes at least a day or two for coccidiosis to develop and at least another day or more to kill.

 

[Eggsoteric]

The OP stated in her first post: "First time outside free on the grass yesterday (previously carried outside)."

I take this to mean they have been outside more than just a few hours.