Hello from bantam home,

[bantam home]

I am new to this site.I tried to post an introduction but not sure that it went through. I found very helpful advice about why my bantams just started dying without signs of any illness. One of your members had what sounded like the same problem. I just wanted to say thanks for all the helful advice. I have two of my sweet bantams dead now and another seven very sick.

 

[CherriesBrood]

Hello and

We are glad you joined us!

Aww no, I am very sorry to hear that. Have you considered quarantining the ones that are sick so they wont keep infecting your flock?

 

[Michael OShay]

Welcome to BYC. Glad you decided to join our flock. I'm sorry for the loss of your bantams. It's always sad to lose some of our flock. ( I'm glad that the BYC members have been of help to you. If you haven't done so already, definitely check out our Learning Center at https://www.backyardchickens.com/atype/1/Learning_Center. There is lots of useful information there. Please feel free to ask any questions you may have. We are here to help in any way we can. Cheers.

 

[bantam home]

Thank you, yes I separated them.I do have ten new chicks from bantams that were already separated. Hopefully those mommas and chicks will be ok. I also have one still sitting so I may up with even more. This is the saddest experience I've ever had with my chickens.

 

[BantamFan4Life]

Welcome to BYC! I'm glad you joined us!

 

[drumstick diva]

Any chance you could take sick/dying bird(s) to the vet to find out what is causing this? A vet can examine and run tests that are not possible from a website. You may very well be able to treat and save the others. I'm sorry you have to go through this.

 

[bantam home]

I thought about taking one in to a vet but when I visited the co_op they said that vets usually don't specialize in animals like chickens... So they would likely charge me a bunch of money for little or no reults. I started them on antibiotics yesterday which is what the co-op suggested. I also got disinfectant for when all is said and done. They said if it was Meriks (sp) that there was nothing I could do anyway.Thank you for the help though.I have the most spoiled chickens.This has just shocked me so bad.

 

[ToddQ]

Hello and welcome to the club !!

 

[bantam home]

Looks like the rest of my sweet bantams are doing good today. Thanks everyone for all the help. I Love this site.

 

[NickyKnack]

Hello!

Welcome to BYC and the coop! There's a lot of great peeps here! Feel free to ask lots of questions. But most of all, make yourself at home. I'm so glad you decided to joined the BYC family. I look forward to seeing you around BYC.