Help! Sudden death!

[Punkybrewster]

Check their feed for mold?

 

[EggSighted4Life]

What can I do for my girls?

Very sorry for your losses.

That's an awful lot of death in a short period of time.. We've all faced heat and that isn't a good enough explanation for ME.. with the age of the birds, etc.. I would WANT and maybe even need some answers.

If you are able, please consider refrigerating and contacting your state poultry lab and having any of the bodies tested/necropsied (often free or affordable to back yard keepers) as we can't fix what we don't know... Links to help...
State poultry labs

Louisiana Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory Veterinary Med Diagnostic Laboratory, LSU River Road Room 1043
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803-0001
Phone: 225-578-9777
ASF, CSF, CWD, FMD, IAV-A, IAV-S, ND

How to Send a Bird for a Necropsy

 

[Sydni Crawford]

Coccidiosis and possible poisoning would explain these symptoms.
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Coccidiosis and possible poisoning would explain these symptoms.

should I treat the entire flock for cocci? I have corrid here at my house.

I don’t know how they would’ve been poisoned. They aren’t free range and are only handled by me and my husband.

 

[Sydni Crawford]

Check their feed for mold?

Checked. No mold.

 

[Punkybrewster]

It wouldnt hurt to treat.
At least it will rule it out.

 

[azygous]

I would start the Corid right away. It can't hurt. It seems to be the logical conclusion after ruling out poisoning.

If you want to know for sure, gather a random poop sample before starting the Corid. Find a vet that will agree to a simple fecal float test on the sample. Assure them you don't expect them to actually treat your chickens. My vet charged me $20 for the test and they gave me the results in just an hour.

 

[Eggcessive]

Sorry about losing your chickens. A necropsy would be the best way to find out what happened to them. Do you have a compost bed? Corid is pretty harmless, so I would treat at the maximum dose of 2 tsp of the liquid (or 1.5 tsp of the powder) per gallon of water for 5-7 days.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Sorry about losing your chickens. A necropsy would be the best way to find out what happened to them. Do you have a compost bed? Corid is pretty harmless, so I would treat at the maximum dose of 2 tsp of the liquid (or 1.5 tsp of the powder) per gallon of water for 5-7 days.

@Eggcessive, why do you ask about a compost bed? Is coccidiosis more likely to occur in one?

 

[EggSighted4Life]

@Eggcessive, why do you ask about a compost bed? Is coccidiosis more likely to occur in one?

Botulinum or mold are likely to occur in compost.. depending on how it's managed.

 

[Sydni Crawford]

I do not have a compost bed. We clean out the coop and Dispose of the droppings and bedding that they kick out of the boxes.
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