HELP ASAP!

[MadisonOde]

We just took a sample to the vet, they didn’t know when they’ll be done because most of their farm vets are out.

 

[Eggcessive]

Sorry for your loss. If you lose another bird, refrigerate the body to get a necropsy by your state poultry vet. Call them and ask about a shipping label for overnight shipping via UPS or Fedex, or arrange to take the body there M-F. There are labs in Madison and Barron, WI which you can find in this link:
https://www.metzerfarms.com/PoultryLabs.cfm

 

[MadisonOde]

Have not heard from the vet yet. All birds have corid in their water. I don’t think I’ve seen any ‘symptoms’, no bloody poop, no visible worms. I have three sets of birds right now, two almost old enough chicks, two new ones that have been quarantined which one died, and then my tiny flock of now three birds.

 

[MadisonOde]

So we got the first few tests back from the vet. She said that not all of them are in but the main ones are, and the poop tested negative for parasites and everything. If it’s not parasites or cocci, what else could it be? The only thing that I see different is that there is some runny poop. I also think they’re eating less? Could it have just been the heat? I feel like two birds wouldn’t have died just from the heat, they were in the shade as well.

 

[MadisonOde]

Next time the vet calls we will make sure to ask if cocci was tested for.

 

[Elsveta641]

So we got the first few tests back from the vet. She said that not all of them are in but the main ones are, and the poop tested negative for parasites and everything. If it’s not parasites or cocci, what else could it be? The only thing that I see different is that there is some runny poop. I also think they’re eating less? Could it have just been the heat? I feel like two birds wouldn’t have died just from the heat, they were in the shade as well.

I think those are all questions you need to ask your vet, especially since they will have your test results there in front of them. That should make it easier for them to give you possible explanation of what happened. A few things off hand that have caused random sickness and death here are bad batches of new bedding, over doing the lime in the barn/using the wrong type of lime, and chickens eating toadstools

 

[MROO]

We started the corid, I gave my 4 hens left oral doses and in their water as well. We will try to get into the vet today, but we only have one and they’re pretty busy.

Contact your Agricultural Extension Service. They may know a place to get it done quickly, as well. Ours maintains a list to support the 4H community.
If it is Coccidiosis, make sure to follow up the Corid with a good poultry multivitamin for a week or so. This is drastically over-simplified, but Corid kills Coccidia by depriving it of Vitamin B. Your birds may "crash" afterwards without replacing it quickly. DO NOT give it along with the Corid, wait until after the full term of treatment is complete.
Good Luck!

 

[MadisonOde]

The tests are in, and everything was normal. No parasites, no cocci, or anything. They think it was heat and stress. I’m still nervous about it, like maybe I didn’t get a fresh sample, although I did get multiple. All of the other birds seem fine. I can get the heat for my silkie, but my Cochin died during the night when it was cool, and it was only about 85 during the day. Should I keep putting corid in the water for the next few days or should I just stop now?

 

[azygous]

I would finish the course of Corid. It can't hurt. If the tests were false negatives, then you're covered.

I certainly hope this is the end of this crisis, but if another chicken dies, I would get a necropsy to find out what's going on.

 

[MadisonOde]

I was just out again looking through poop, and I found a beetle in a chicken poop. It was black and less than a centimeter long and shiny. I only found one and didn’t find anything else in any other poop. Could this be an internal parasite, or just a beetle feeding on poop or something. It was in the middle of the poop.