- May 18, 2011
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seems i've lost half my flock of 10 all in this week, and i dont understand why?
at the start of this week they were very beautiful excited birds now i come in everymorning to find one or two dead.
the weird thing is though they are all dying in the same position (not same spot in pen though)
i find then with there necks slightly curled in towards there bodies, neck feathers up..this is probably normal, but i dont know as this is first time i've ever had deaths in my flock. i can give details:
their poo looks normal if not a really light green compared to their normal dark green
combs turn a tad darker and flop over toward death
ruffle up feathers
they seem to stand in one position and sleep all day, so no energy what so ever
appetite still seems the same, if i bring food they'll eat it
sometimes in the pen i'll find really dark, almost black diarrhea (i dont know if i spelt that right)
and they seem to has this black stuff on the tips of their tongues, i tried getting it off but it's almost impossible, did they eat something wrong?
is their medicine i should use?
we've just powdered them for lites and mites and put dewormer in their water but i dont know if those have anything to do with this
the farm next to us has just put mice bait out all over their farm to get rid of the heaps of mice....would that have anything to do with it?
they are normally freerange but since i'm scared i'm just keeping them locked up in their pen...
someone please help! :'(
at the start of this week they were very beautiful excited birds now i come in everymorning to find one or two dead.
the weird thing is though they are all dying in the same position (not same spot in pen though)
i find then with there necks slightly curled in towards there bodies, neck feathers up..this is probably normal, but i dont know as this is first time i've ever had deaths in my flock. i can give details:
their poo looks normal if not a really light green compared to their normal dark green
combs turn a tad darker and flop over toward death
ruffle up feathers
they seem to stand in one position and sleep all day, so no energy what so ever
appetite still seems the same, if i bring food they'll eat it
sometimes in the pen i'll find really dark, almost black diarrhea (i dont know if i spelt that right)
and they seem to has this black stuff on the tips of their tongues, i tried getting it off but it's almost impossible, did they eat something wrong?
is their medicine i should use?
we've just powdered them for lites and mites and put dewormer in their water but i dont know if those have anything to do with this
the farm next to us has just put mice bait out all over their farm to get rid of the heaps of mice....would that have anything to do with it?
they are normally freerange but since i'm scared i'm just keeping them locked up in their pen...
someone please help! :'(