Chibichabo
Chirping
- Dec 17, 2022
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A friend had one of their 16 week old French Wheaten Marans cockerels die this morning. He'd been visibly sick for 5 days, presented with anorexia, lethargy, ataxia. Crop consistently empty, normal poos. No respiratory symptoms, clear eyes. Was treated for internal & external parasites and coccidiosis, died on night 5 of illness.
When I opened him up, he was emaciated with absolutley no meat or fat on him at all, GI tract was empty.
His live weight was 835g
His spleen weighed 17g should've been around 0.8g (1g/kg body weight from what I've read).
Liver weighed 88g should've been around 20-66g (2.5-8% body weight)
Two other full siblings are starting to go off food and loose weight.
Does anyone have any ideas? Adult birds in flock seem healthy. We're in Melbourne, Australia so its summer time.
Chicks are fed Barastock Pullet Grower (we don't have any all flock here), claims to be suitable for chicks 8-16 weeks of age. Details below are from their website.
Typical analysis as fed / kg
INGREDIENTS SELECTED FROM THE FOLLOWING: Wheat, Barley, Vegetable Protein Meals, Legumes, Oats, Canola Oil, Soybean Oil, Shell Grit (Fine and Coarse Calcium), Salt, Enzymes, Essential Vitamin and Mineral Premix, Anticoccidial, Phosphate and Amino Acids.
When I opened him up, he was emaciated with absolutley no meat or fat on him at all, GI tract was empty.
His live weight was 835g
His spleen weighed 17g should've been around 0.8g (1g/kg body weight from what I've read).
Liver weighed 88g should've been around 20-66g (2.5-8% body weight)
Two other full siblings are starting to go off food and loose weight.
Does anyone have any ideas? Adult birds in flock seem healthy. We're in Melbourne, Australia so its summer time.
Chicks are fed Barastock Pullet Grower (we don't have any all flock here), claims to be suitable for chicks 8-16 weeks of age. Details below are from their website.
NUTRIENT LEVELS
| Crude Protein (Min) 15.5% | Available Phos 0.5% |
| Crude Fat 2.5% | Added Copper 8.0mg |
| Crude Fibre (Max) 6.0% | Added Selenium 0.3mg |
| Added Salt (Max) 0.5% | Lasalocid Sodium 80mg |
| Calcium 1.0% |
INGREDIENTS SELECTED FROM THE FOLLOWING: Wheat, Barley, Vegetable Protein Meals, Legumes, Oats, Canola Oil, Soybean Oil, Shell Grit (Fine and Coarse Calcium), Salt, Enzymes, Essential Vitamin and Mineral Premix, Anticoccidial, Phosphate and Amino Acids.
