Chick death for unknown reasons

[Snackdraggin]

This morning I noticed one of my 5week old chicks acting strange. She was fluffed up in a ball in the corner and wouldn't move when I picked her up she didn't fight at all and was basically limp. I moved her into a box in the house with water and food but she just sat fluffed up sleeping all afternoon. Just now I heard some commotion in the box, went to check and she was sprawled out barely breathing and absolutely non responsive. Being basically dead, I put her out of her misery but am baffled as to what could have happened.

Yesterday she was running bing around perfectly fine with her two sisters. They stay in a "panic room" in my coop that they can get into but my bigger birds cant. They are relatively new birds to my flock.

Her vent is clean and looks normal, no abnormalities that immediately stand out. Comb looks a lil gray and dull.

Anyone have any ideas?

 

[EggSighted4Life]

Cocciciosis is a possibility. Kinda late in the game to be pasty butt.

Sorry for your loss.

 

[Chick-N-Fun]

So sorry for the loss of your little chick. Bear hugs!

 

[ChickNanny13]

 

[rebrascora]

I'm sorry you lost your chick so suddenly.
Coccidiosis would be my guess too.
How long have you had them?
Moving birds to a new home puts them at risk of coccidiosis because they may be exposed to different strains of coccidia that they have not previously encountered and developed resistance to. That said, at 5 weeks they should just be developing resistance to them. Maybe the stress of moving to a new home left her vulnerable.

If you do not have any on hand, I would purchase some Corid in case any of the others get sick. It can be found in the cattle section of Feed stores and the dosage is 1.5 teaspns of powder or 2 teaspns of liquid Corid to a gallon of water as their sole drinking source for 7 days. Sick birds should be direct dosed with a few drops of the concentrated liquid in case they don't drink enough of the medicated water. Volumes can be scaled down of course and it should be made fresh each day. Follow it up with a poultry vitamin supplement like Nutri Drench or Poultry Cell

 

[Snackdraggin]

Is the Corid something I can give preventatively to my entire flock? One Turkey and 12 chickens

I'm sorry you lost your chick so suddenly.
Coccidiosis would be my guess too.
How long have you had them?
Moving birds to a new home puts them at risk of coccidiosis because they may be exposed to different strains of coccidia that they have not previously encountered and developed resistance to. That said, at 5 weeks they should just be developing resistance to them. Maybe the stress of moving to a new home left her vulnerable.

If you do not have any on hand, I would purchase some Corid in case any of the others get sick. It can be found in the cattle section of Feed stores and the dosage is 1.5 teaspns of powder or 2 teaspns of liquid Corid to a gallon of water as their sole drinking source for 7 days. Sick birds should be direct dosed with a few drops of the concentrated liquid in case they don't drink enough of the medicated water. Volumes can be scaled down of course and it should be made fresh each day. Follow it up with a poultry vitamin supplement like Nutri Drench or Poultry Cell

 

[rebrascora]

The active ingredient in Corid is Amprolium. It is the medication in "medicated" chick feed at a prophylactic dosage. Animals usually develop a natural immunity to coccidia in their first few weeks of life but sometimes for various reasons they become vulnerable to an overgrowth in their gut. It is one of the commonest killers of chicks.
Your turkey and other older chickens will almost certainly have developed resistance to the coccidia in your flock's environment but if these new chicks have access to the same water as the others then it will be easier to treat the whole flock and no it should not do them any harm. Just the follow the Corid treatment up with at least a vitamin B complex supplement..... but not at the same time as the Corid as that can be counter productive.

 

[Snackdraggin]

Thanks for the information everyone. I'm going to hit the feed store up in the morning so I can hopefully prevent any more losses.