Not sure what happened, I just went out to water my 6 week old cornish roasters, and one was dead! Yesterday when my husband watered them he said one was making a sneezing/gurgling noise while he drank (it was a dead male and the one making the noise was male). Any idea? I checked his body over, no wounds anywhere or anything. The others all seem fine.
Dead cornish roaster??
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Sorry to hear that, I don't really have a clue what to tell you but hopefully others can give better advice
Sometimes the meat birds just up and die on you for no reason at all. Sorry it happened to you! The birds you are talking about are cornish X right? If they are, then they spend a lot of time on the ground (in one little area around the feed) once they start getting big, and may get sick from manure if you don't keep them in a clean area.
It's called flip, Their hearts are not very stong. Do you take the food away for 12 hours at night? This will reduce flip. read up on them at Welphatchery. Hope this helps. I had one roo die last year at 9 week, 1/2 a week before butcher.
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Congestive heart failure.
Congestive heart failure.
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They're cornish roasters, not X, which I got because they're not supposed to have the kind of health problems the X do. I don't know if that makes a difference? I haven't been taking their food at night since they're not X, but I'll try that and hopefully I won't loose anymore. They're in an outside pen so I usually just put pine shavings in the one corner I have tarped off to give them shelter from rain and stuff, should I try spreading it over the whole area in case it was from poo??
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Cornish Roasters from McMurray? I think those are really just Cornish X's. I could be wrong, but McMurray is pretty sneaky with their marketing, whether it's the "Cornish Game Hens," which are just Cornish X's, or their "fry pan special," which is a nice way of selling the leghorn roos that would have otherwise been thrown out. Are yours white? It says they're hybrids, so I'm guessing it's a Cornish X, or something very close. I'd start restricting feed. Also, if they're in a moveable tractor, just move it more often. If they're stationary, keep the pen as clean as possible.
Cornish Roasters from McMurray? I think those are really just Cornish X's. I could be wrong, but McMurray is pretty sneaky with their marketing, whether it's the "Cornish Game Hens," which are just Cornish X's, or their "fry pan special," which is a nice way of selling the leghorn roos that would have otherwise been thrown out. Are yours white? It says they're hybrids, so I'm guessing it's a Cornish X, or something very close. I'd start restricting feed. Also, if they're in a moveable tractor, just move it more often. If they're stationary, keep the pen as clean as possible.
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Well, they're definitely close to cornish X, they just grow a bit slower (which probably isn't saying a lot with how fast the x grow!!)
It's a stationary pen with bare ground, what's the best way to keep it clean? I laid pine shavings down all over, should I just rake it out every few days and put fresh shavings down? I'm also taking their food out at night now.
I went out today to work out there and one was in the process of dying (couldn't move, barely breathing), so my husband and I got a crash course on butchering. It went surprisingly well, though the carcass looks very unprofessional since it was my first time. I think I'm going to take them in to be processed a bit earlier than I had planned on, although we were able to butcher it ourselves, I'd prefer not to do them all that way.
It's a stationary pen with bare ground, what's the best way to keep it clean? I laid pine shavings down all over, should I just rake it out every few days and put fresh shavings down? I'm also taking their food out at night now.
I went out today to work out there and one was in the process of dying (couldn't move, barely breathing), so my husband and I got a crash course on butchering. It went surprisingly well, though the carcass looks very unprofessional since it was my first time. I think I'm going to take them in to be processed a bit earlier than I had planned on, although we were able to butcher it ourselves, I'd prefer not to do them all that way.
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That would be my suggestion if one had to do a stationary pen for meaties. Rake it as often as you can so the poo doesn't build up or clump.
That would be my suggestion if one had to do a stationary pen for meaties. Rake it as often as you can so the poo doesn't build up or clump.
Did the one you butcher have yellow fluid in the cavity? If it did it was in fact CHF... but the gurgling sneezing has me thinking something else is wrong. I haven't had any gurgle or sneeze when they die of CHF.
Sounds like a little bit of everything to me. Definitely get them on something dry, you don't want any standing water.... and do not feed them 24/7 anymore. Just give them feed during the day. If your still losing them after you restrict the feed then it is likely something else.
Sounds like a little bit of everything to me. Definitely get them on something dry, you don't want any standing water.... and do not feed them 24/7 anymore. Just give them feed during the day. If your still losing them after you restrict the feed then it is likely something else.
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