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[DylansMom]

Hi Again...Up-date on sick Peachicks...I managed to save 2 from the first batch and I'll tell you why in a little bit.With the other I used all the medications mentioned here and I want to thank all of you for your help but I hate to say it didn't help they died anyway,it seems by the time you notice they are sick which they go from being very healthy one day and really sick the next.It I believe it's too late and it was becoming very frustrating so with the last 2 and only one looked just a bit droopy I started using the old time remedy Apple Cider Vinegar in their water and low and behold it got better.The next batch of eggs were being incubated by chickens hens so I figured the moment they hit the ground I will use it on them and guess what? They are all still alive and doing really really good not to mention and I know! I know! I know! not to leave them with the chickens hens but they are doing so well I would never change it now..A ;itt;e Serama hen hatched out 3 pheasant eggs and 1 peachick and they are almost 4 weeks old and are terrific.My other big brood hens hatched out 3 and they also are awesome so I'm doing every thing wrong and they are healthy and when I thought I was doing things right they died.I forgot to mention they are all outside in pens with little condos of course but on the ground on grass where they get plenty of vegetation .Now I'm Happy!!!

I am glad to hear the newer batch is doing well. As for the sick ones you lost, did you tube feed at all? When mine got sick the vet told me that as soon as they start feeling poorly they will stop eating and drinking, and a chick can starve to death in 24-48 hours. He said the trick is to keep them alive long enough for the meds to do their job, and that means tube feeding. I lost 2 and then ran the third an hour and a half to find a bird vet, he was diagnosed with terrible cocci even though he had been eating the medicated feed, he was also very underweight and obviously not eating. I tube fed for 2 days with bird formula and gerber baby food while medicating and he pulled thru and started eating on his own on the third day. They really stressed how important the tube feeding is to keep them alive. Just a thought.

 

[hatcherguy]

I had always known about the ACV in water but silly me never gave it much credit due to the fact I really never have any sick birds and I have Phoenix,Seramas,Buff Laced Polish Chickens,Ringneck Pheasant,White Pheasant and never had a problem with adults or chicks and they are wormed on a regular basis until the Peachicks came along and now I'm really glad all is well

 

[DylansMom]

I had always known about the ACV in water but silly me never gave it much credit due to the fact I really never have any sick birds and I have Phoenix,Seramas,Buff Laced Polish Chickens,Ringneck Pheasant,White Pheasant and never had a problem with adults or chicks and they are wormed on a regular basis until the Peachicks came along and now I'm really glad all is well

Did you tube feed them ? Just curious, because if you did and you medicated as well, then whatever killed them was something not addressed by the meds and that would make me wonder. If they were not tube fed then I am fairly certain that they died of malnutrition, not your fault of course, but no mystery illness there. Since having all the meds on hand and knowing how to tube feed, I haven't lost any chicks to disease or parasites.

 

[casportpony]

Quote: Exactly what I was thinking.

-Kathy

 

[hatcherguy]

No tube feeding at all just went right to the ACV in water and the newly hatched had ACV as soon as they hit the ground

 

[hatcherguy]

Actually they were eating close to the end but just seemed to waste away,a mystery to me

 

[Cindysid]

I have had to tube feed 3 so far. It seems that some of these little guys just won't eat enough on their own.

 

[casportpony]

Actually they were eating close to the end but just seemed to waste away,a mystery to me

If you had been weighing them you would have seen that they weren't gaining weight properly and then you might have been able to save them. Once the get too thin the odds of them surviving are slim to none.

-Kathy

 

[Cindysid]

If you had been weighing them you would have seen that they weren't gaining weight properly and then you might have been able to save them. Once the get too thin the odds of them surviving are slim to none.

-Kathy

I started weighing mine, and I know that it has saved a few lives!

 

[hatcherguy]

I understand everything you're saying and did all I could do but I know better now and all others are doing fine