Cornish X White Poop, Wheezing, Laying on side

[CoopCrazy]

Hey folks. I have now had to cull three of my cornish x one per week almost.. They are 4 weeks old.. They will be acting fine then I walk in and just one is down.. They lay on thier sides, with one leg out and one under them like they cant walk on both feet. The one I had to kill last night was breathing very heavy and when I oicked it up it had a white poop and I could hear gurgilng and wheezing in its lungs.. Any advice or even sites I can look at would be greatly apprecited..

 

[CoopCrazy]

Anyone I have 22 of these left and dont want to lose them all...

 

[cassie]

Are you limiting the feed? Cornish X should have feed for 12 hours and no feed for 12 hours. Like take the feed away at 7 at night and put it back at 7 in the morning. What are you feeding them?

 

[CoopCrazy]

Yeah they have been on 12 off 12 for almost a week now... They are on 20% starter/grower.... Its just strange that its only one a week and one a time that do it...

 

[cassie]

I don't know if it would make any difference, but we raise ours on a higher protein feed than that. We use turkey feed because that is what we can get. I also found that Murray's Broiler Booster added to the water helps. Beyond that I am fresh out of ideas. You might post on Meat Birds. There are a lot of folks on there with more experience than I.