- Sep 10, 2012
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Good morning.
I walk to open the coop this morning and found one of my adult (1 1/2 years old)Buff Brahmas dead. It looked like she had flown out of the coop too fast and smashed into the side of the screened in run.
(she's upside down so you can see her. No apparent injuries but from feel, it doe feel like her neck is at an unnatural angle, bone wise)
Upon further review, the other Buff Brahma is sitting in tone of the nesting boxes. When I picked her up and out, she is lethargic, wouldn't fully stand, just hunched up. She is twitching her head and he eyes are blinking like the wind is blowing into them, sans the wind. I just went back out, 30 minutes later and now, she has her beak facing the sky d doesn't look at me at all:
Two weeks ago, I had a weird thing with a baby Maran who one morning was having trouble standing, and opening one eye well. She died that night:
I don't smell anything and there doesn't appear to be discharge from any of the birds. I do not see anything physically wrong. The two buffs are/were molting and most of the other girls are as well. I have 13 chicks running around from ages 8 weeks to 12 weeks plus a new mama (she is in the house now) with her 7 2-3 week olds. I don't know what to do or what this could be.
The only other chicken who seems to not be acting normal is a big, old Black Jersey Giant. She has issues with her legs and general movement but seems to normally be fine-ish (fox attack). This morning she seems to be a little slower and not walking as well. She has had this issue when the rooster mounts her so I am not 100% sure anything is wrong with her, aside from her constant battle with lice due to dusting difficulties.
Any helps? Advice? I cleaned the coop but...
I walk to open the coop this morning and found one of my adult (1 1/2 years old)Buff Brahmas dead. It looked like she had flown out of the coop too fast and smashed into the side of the screened in run.
Upon further review, the other Buff Brahma is sitting in tone of the nesting boxes. When I picked her up and out, she is lethargic, wouldn't fully stand, just hunched up. She is twitching her head and he eyes are blinking like the wind is blowing into them, sans the wind. I just went back out, 30 minutes later and now, she has her beak facing the sky d doesn't look at me at all:
Two weeks ago, I had a weird thing with a baby Maran who one morning was having trouble standing, and opening one eye well. She died that night:
I don't smell anything and there doesn't appear to be discharge from any of the birds. I do not see anything physically wrong. The two buffs are/were molting and most of the other girls are as well. I have 13 chicks running around from ages 8 weeks to 12 weeks plus a new mama (she is in the house now) with her 7 2-3 week olds. I don't know what to do or what this could be.
The only other chicken who seems to not be acting normal is a big, old Black Jersey Giant. She has issues with her legs and general movement but seems to normally be fine-ish (fox attack). This morning she seems to be a little slower and not walking as well. She has had this issue when the rooster mounts her so I am not 100% sure anything is wrong with her, aside from her constant battle with lice due to dusting difficulties.
Any helps? Advice? I cleaned the coop but...
