I KNOW WHATS WRONG WITH OUR CHICKS!!!!!

[perfectly_polish]

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The lady I spoke with(Ruth) said that my birds "may" have brooder pneumonia, and I said that I have an order for this coming monday and that I may want to cancel because of the weather and she told me it was too late to cancel? So I have no idea what to do, do you think this will effect their later hatches?

 

[ebonykawai]

I wonder if they have so many people manning the phones, not everyone knows what's going on?? This is so weird.

 

[FeatherFluff]

We are supposed to get ours from MM next week too..... I have called twice in the past week to check on how late we can cancel the order (due to weather if needed) and both times I was told that it had to be cancelled no later than Friday morning. Wonder why they are giving out such conflicting info??

 

[carousel]

while not knowing much about baby chicks I do have experience with lots of OTHER baby animals and I'm troubled by this thread.

a 101 things including what the chicks have been exposed to since they left the hatchery could make them sick and cause respiratory problems. (baby animals do not have the reserve or a fully operational immune system, they are VERY susceptible to getting sick when stressed.)

A bird on your own property who is not sick? But a fungus could end up in the chicks brooder, the cedar shavings?

So okay, seems possible that this could happen at a hatchery, but to me it seems unlikely. Based purely on the bottom line.

Damp litter, bedding, food in their own area or water etc is a good start.
how many people ON this board are having problems? 1/2 dozen a dozen?
McMurray sends out 100,000 chicks a week?
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There has been HORRIBLE weather for shipping the last month? So chicks have been stressed in a weakened state.

And since when would ANYONE including McMurray over the phone dx what your chicks are ailing from w/o seeing them? They would sure UNDERSTAND that there would be some LAIBLITY with a statement like that.

I also don’t understand why did it take you a week and a 1/2 to be able to reach McMurray? it took me 10 min.

I guess I’m moved by facts, and not hysteria about a hatchery because you for whatever reason are having so much trouble with this batch of chicks.

I at this point have lost 3 chicks, I'm going to cross it off as stress from shipping and or a chick that failed to thrive.

Now I’m very sorry for what your going through and your birds, but I don’t understand why the finger pointing at McMurray.

Catherine

 

[therealsilkiechick]

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If some one were keeping their birds on cedar, it would cause the same respiratory symptoms as brooder pneumonia.

I'm sorry the chicks died.

i have to agree with that statement, that is true.

 

[perfectly_polish]

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If some one were keeping their birds on cedar, it would cause the same respiratory symptoms as brooder pneumonia.

I'm sorry the chicks died.

i have to agree with that statement, that is true.

Mine have been kept first on newspaper wettened then dried for better footing and then pine shavings, so I don't think mine are dying from that.

 

[herechickchick]

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I would have to agree with everything you have said. I have done business with Murray in the past and I have never had any problems. I canceled my order due to ship in early Feb and I purposely waited to re-place my order for late April to avoid shipping in very cold weather. I will continue to business with Murray.

 

[therealsilkiechick]

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i have to agree with that statement, that is true.

Mine have been kept first on newspaper wettened then dried for better footing and then pine shavings, so I don't think mine are dying from that.

wet newspaper??? could it have made a mold or mildew on the paper or with the food?

also if i remember right news print is toxic to birds. i think it is the red dyes. i heard along time ago to never put news print into a birds cage but if u have to especially nothing with red print. i'd assume that would be the same for any birds not just caged birds.

there is nothing wrong with useing pine shaveings with chicks i do it from hatch and have never had it make them sick, them eat it or them die from it.

 

[perfectly_polish]

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Mine have been kept first on newspaper wettened then dried for better footing and then pine shavings, so I don't think mine are dying from that.

wet newspaper??? could it have made a mold or mildew on the paper or with the food?

also if i remember right news print is toxic to birds. i think it is the red dyes. i heard along time ago to never put news print into a birds cage but if u have to especially nothing with red print. i'd assume that would be the same for any birds not just caged birds.

there is nothing wrong with useing pine shaveings with chicks i do it from hatch and have never had it make them sick, them eat it or them die from it.

Not wet newspaper in there brooder directly. I mean before they even get here I hang the newspaper up spray it with a little water and when it dries it's firmer and not as slippery for the chicks.

 

[Stormhorse23]

I've ordered ideal chicks in the dead of winter and had every single one survive. i live by a farm owned by a nice woman that sadly, tends to neglect the animals. i got two chicks from her that were kept in a nasty box with twenty others and their mother at her house! they were perfectly fine after i got them into something clean. heres why I think this is such a big problem..

1. Chicks are extremely tough. we sewed up one after its crop was hanging out. her crop is crooked now, but shes all grown up
2. if 22 chicks can survive in a little box, theyd be ok with a few others.
3. if two of mine could live in the garage with a lamp (before I knew anything about chickens) survive

i think theyd be ok. in my experience, it takes a lot to kill a chick. they arent at all fragile, in my opinion. just a few moments ago, one of my rir pullets hit the wall pretty hard practicing her flying technique, got right back up and started preening and stuffing her face. Im really concerned about this...and with thousands of birds to deal with, how do they even know they are so healthy? and before i get jumped on, chicks being tough is NO REASON to neglect them and I give mine the best care i think is humanly possible for a chicken. they are actually treated better than my dogs!