Diary & Notes ~ Air Cell Detatched SHIPPED Chicken Eggs for incubation and hatching

[Doug Hodges]

Doug, have you been feeding them medicated starter? Are they eating and drinking? What does their poo look like?

Yes. Medicated starter. Poo looks normal.

 

[Doug Hodges]

One of them looked dehydrated. One of them looked like it had been attacked. And the rest were just dead. The sick one is just lethargic and is sitting in one place. I didn't see signs with the first two. I just found them dead. The last three(including the one still alive) have all showed the same symptoms and I don't want to think it but I think I have couple more that are acting lethargic.

The one that I thought could of been attacked was still alive. I went to look at the dead ones to make sure they didn't have mites and to see if I could tell anything else. It was still breathing. It seemed to have a rash or something. That's why I thought mites. I didn't see any on it or any of the others anywhere. I think Ive got something going through them.

 

[sumi]

Any other symptoms? How are they behaving, standing etc? Are they eating and drinking? I've done a search on the info you posted and it sounds like it may be coccidiosis.

 

[sumi]

One of them looked dehydrated. One of them looked like it had been attacked. And the rest were just dead. The sick one is just lethargic and is sitting in one place. I didn't see signs with the first two. I just found them dead. The last three(including the one still alive) have all showed the same symptoms and I don't want to think it but I think I have couple more that are acting lethargic.

Attacked?

 

[cochins1088]

I'm so sorry Doug. I hope things improve for you.

Sadly, I'm not very good when it come to disease so I can't offer much help.

 

[Doug Hodges]

Quote: On looking again. MAYBE I have a little poo that isn't normal and MAYBE is a little runny. As for the MAYBE's. I don't look at the poo on a regular basis. I did see some that was brown and wasn't hard but Ive seen a lot of somewhat runny poo from chicks.

 

[Doug Hodges]

Any other symptoms? How are they behaving, standing etc? Are they eating and drinking? I've done a search on the info you posted and it sounds like it may be coccidiosis.

Most of them are running, playing eating and drinking just like normal.

 

[Doug Hodges]

Quote: It had a red spot between its neck and wing. I thought mites or an irritation or an attack from other chicks. I haven't found any mites on any of the dead ones or on the lethargic one.

 

[sumi]

Quote: Sorry, I meant the sick ones. Are they sitting puffed up with their heads drawn back?

 

[Doug Hodges]

Here are the symptoms Ive noticed.
1) standing with wings hanging at side for the first several hours.then
2) sitting with head down and eyes closed for the next few hours before death. Once Ive noticed it until death is around 12 hours.

Then Ive seen these on individual chicks, Not all.

3) Maybe a little dehydration. One of thems neck looked real dry.
4) Possible skin irritation
5) saw some poo that was brown and runny but only a very small amount for 75 chicks in one pen.
6) The bigger one that died had a hard lump in its chest. It was the one with the irritated area around the neck and wing. Could of been pecked. It had some different symptoms than the rest.

I stupidly put a sick chick in with some younger ones last night around 10 and one is lethargic and sitting now with its eyes closed. I think it will be dead soon. That would put incubation until death at around 12 hours if it makes it another couple hours which it probably will.