Help! My chickens are dropping dead with no warning!

[Chicks 'n ducks]

Also, I am a youth exhibitor through 4-H and have been preparing all year for the county fair this August... does this mean I shouldn't go?

 

[Kiki]

I mean bring my birds to the fair.

If you have birds dying then no I do not believe you should bring a bird to a fair unless you have testing done to know what's causing the deaths.

 

[Helloworld]

Bloody stool or just respiratory?

Gape worm?

 

[Chicks 'n ducks]

Bloody stool or just respiratory?

No bloody stools, But I do see runny poop sometimes in the yard/coop. I forgot to mention, I did a home fecal test and there were no sign of worms.

 

[Chicks 'n ducks]

Yes, a far amount of flies around the coop and yard, no gnats.

 

[Chicks 'n ducks]

How would the flies kill them?

 

[Chicks 'n ducks]

Right they can completely overwhelm a bird and suffocate it, they can take all the blood, Or the most common cause of death is toxemia, an anticoagulant in the gnats saliva is insanely deadly.

How do you protect your chickens?

 

[Chicks 'n ducks]

When I went out this morning, I saw gnats AND flies.

 

[Kiki]

Also, I am a youth exhibitor through 4-H and have been preparing all year for the county fair this August... does this mean I shouldn't go?

This means you should REALLY consider having a few of your live birds tested or really reconsider sending one for a necropsy.

This is exactly how diseases spread...(one way)...bringing ill birds around other birds.

 

[Chicks 'n ducks]

Is it possible to get live birds tested? I would definitely do that. I'm not against getting a necropsy at all, in fact, first chance I get I will do it. But like I said before, it's not possible this time due to factors I can't control. In the meantime, should I do anything? Use permithrin spray if that is the (possible) cause? Should I halt all my plans for fair?