Oh I'm glad they loved their Glop! You can do that daily for a while, then just do it weekly or so.
As for the new deaths, it could be the same causative agent or something they picked up differently in the pen. Wet is very harmful to chickens, so you have to just pen them up from it and try to find ways to dry the mud as the mildew and molds in the soil can cause them to have fungus and mildew in their respiratory systems which will kill them with or without symptoms that you catch.
On the second lesion, it might be just a staph infection of the skin which is indeed very painful. I would definitely at least treat all of them topically. I wonder if you're able to get silvadene?
I really need to find more definitive answers about the breast blisters, so I'll ask Glenda, and check out some books I have here now thanks to her.
The chick droppings you're describing could have been coccidiosis. They don't sound like what people usually think of, but again there are more kinds than just one. Or they could have been a different bacterial issue. Or even brooder issues, or again a weak line.
I really would consider contacting a state ag college guy to find out who you could take a chicken that is ill to if you catch one at that state. Then take it in and 'sacrifice it' to the greater good of the rest of the flock for testing for what's causing the death.
I wouldn't cull the flock, myself, although there are many of that school who do and it makes the flock healthier. But I think that before you ever consider that, you should correct all the coop issues and make sure you have a quarantine pen or two. And test your birds first. If it's not one of the disease biggies, it might just be something environmental that is fixable. I think you'd have more peace of mind knowing rather than just culling.
And thanks for the chicken guru thing.
Does this mean I have to grow a beard and sit at the top of a mountain with a chicken on my shoulder? LOL Don't worry, I make mistakes, even now, and still have losses. So it's all part of learning. Use it to learn and make astronger flock.
As for the new deaths, it could be the same causative agent or something they picked up differently in the pen. Wet is very harmful to chickens, so you have to just pen them up from it and try to find ways to dry the mud as the mildew and molds in the soil can cause them to have fungus and mildew in their respiratory systems which will kill them with or without symptoms that you catch.
On the second lesion, it might be just a staph infection of the skin which is indeed very painful. I would definitely at least treat all of them topically. I wonder if you're able to get silvadene?
I really need to find more definitive answers about the breast blisters, so I'll ask Glenda, and check out some books I have here now thanks to her.
The chick droppings you're describing could have been coccidiosis. They don't sound like what people usually think of, but again there are more kinds than just one. Or they could have been a different bacterial issue. Or even brooder issues, or again a weak line.
I really would consider contacting a state ag college guy to find out who you could take a chicken that is ill to if you catch one at that state. Then take it in and 'sacrifice it' to the greater good of the rest of the flock for testing for what's causing the death.
I wouldn't cull the flock, myself, although there are many of that school who do and it makes the flock healthier. But I think that before you ever consider that, you should correct all the coop issues and make sure you have a quarantine pen or two. And test your birds first. If it's not one of the disease biggies, it might just be something environmental that is fixable. I think you'd have more peace of mind knowing rather than just culling.
And thanks for the chicken guru thing.
