FoothillsChickenGuy
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- Dec 2, 2024
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Good morning,
I am hoping someone can help me troubleshoot this. I have a flock of Brahma's that I have raised from Chicks back in April 24. So they are about 8 months old now. Started with 32 and 5 have died all within the past few months. Did not lose them at chick stage. They do not appear to have killed one another as there is no sign of injury. They have a large coop. I converted an old horse stall in my barn. It is well ventilated. The run is 8ftx20ft. No bad looking diarrhea other than a few light brown more liquid bowel movements. My research tells me that is normal. They only eat feed now at this point as I figured maybe the scraps I was giving them was causing my issue.
Anyhow they don't show any sign, one night they will be fine and then the next day they are dead. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. As a side note I live in Alberta Canada where our winters get very cold -20 to -30 Celsius at the lowest and I have not provided supplemental heat as recommended by other chicken keepers I know. Any thoughts on this are appreciated as well. Just had one die yesterday and we are just coming out of a cold snap.
I am hoping someone can help me troubleshoot this. I have a flock of Brahma's that I have raised from Chicks back in April 24. So they are about 8 months old now. Started with 32 and 5 have died all within the past few months. Did not lose them at chick stage. They do not appear to have killed one another as there is no sign of injury. They have a large coop. I converted an old horse stall in my barn. It is well ventilated. The run is 8ftx20ft. No bad looking diarrhea other than a few light brown more liquid bowel movements. My research tells me that is normal. They only eat feed now at this point as I figured maybe the scraps I was giving them was causing my issue.
Anyhow they don't show any sign, one night they will be fine and then the next day they are dead. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. As a side note I live in Alberta Canada where our winters get very cold -20 to -30 Celsius at the lowest and I have not provided supplemental heat as recommended by other chicken keepers I know. Any thoughts on this are appreciated as well. Just had one die yesterday and we are just coming out of a cold snap.
