Dying Chicks!!!

[enola]

The temperature sounds good. They could be the victims of failure to thrive. are their crops full of food and do you see them drinking?

 

[ten chicks]

How long have you had them? Check to make sure your heat lamp/brackets/casing,etc do not contain teflon,teflon is toxic to birds and does kill.

 

[Nambroth]

It is 90 in there right now, but since they are in a shed, it gets cold sometimes. Tonight it is going to be 25 outside! My chicks hatched march 12, Wednesday, and got here yesterday morning, Friday.

Does the brooder, where the chicks are, get colder than that at night when you have a cold night? Depending on the setup, the lamp might keep it warm enough on frigid nights.. or it might not. If not, that could be your problem.

Did you change their feed to fresh feed?

 

[Laci7210]

I think that they have a disease.. they are pooping blood. What do I do??!

 

[Nambroth]

I think that they have a disease.. they are pooping blood. What do I do??!

If they are chicks, it is very likely that they are suffering from Coccidiosis. This can be fatal, and action should be taken.
Two questions:
1) Were the chicks vaccinated for cocci?
2) Are you giving medicated feed?

More reading: http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/2012/12/coccidiosis-what-backyard-chicken.html

 

[Laci7210]

If they are chicks, it is very likely that they are suffering from Coccidiosis. This can be fatal, and action should be taken.
Two questions:
1) Were the chicks vaccinated for cocci?
2) Are you giving medicated feed?

More reading: http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/2012/12/coccidiosis-what-backyard-chicken.html

They were not vaccinated, I am feeding them purina flock raiser. I can get medicated feed.

 

[jonalisa]

My understanding is that it is too late for medicated feed and you now need Corid, asap. Can you get it?

 

[Laci7210]

My understanding is that it is too late for medicated feed and you now need Corid, asap. Can you get it?

I dont know where to get corid. Orschelns didn't have it. They did have electrolytes and probiotics. I got both of those and mixed them into their water yesterday. I also switched them over to medicated feed. I haven't had any more get sick so far, since having the meds. I took the healthy looking ones out of the contaminated brooder and put them in a cleaner broodet yesterday. I left 3 that were too sick to stand in the other brooder. I dipped their beaks in the medicated water and only one of the 3 made it through the night. I put her in the brooder with the rest of the chicks but she still is too weak to walk. The healthy chicks are also drinking medicated water just incase since they were exposed. I will update later today on how they are doing. Thanks for all of the replies!!

 

[enola]

How many days old are these chicks?

 

[jonalisa]

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_n...ords=corid&sprefix=corid,aps&rh=i:aps,k:corid

(I hope that link comes through above for Amazon.com as I am typing on a very small screen.)
Maybe you can get it overnighted so you have it in case others get sick.