close to 30 chicks.
They are sick. It seems to hit the roos worst. Multiple hens are sneezing, several are boarder line congested. My second roo started sneezing and occasionally shaking his head two days ago. Last night I found him like the other was two weeks ago with his face so swollen he is blind and has green yellow snot all in his beak. Another hen refuses to put weight on a leg to move around though she will grip the 2x4 roost. Eggs down obviously.
Juniors (12-13 weeks) which is where this started are in my brooder coop and so far I have only lost the one Sapphire. They are on there last day of oxytetracycline. If she had Mereks on top of the respiratory whatever it is, then these she was with the most will be a question mark for awhile.
So far the Christmas day chicks seem fine and I have washed and changed carefully time will tell.
The new chicks are going upstairs and joy joy I will have to wash and change some more. It is frustrating on them because I wanted them together after the first bit with the heat lamp.
Thanks for checking. I have been gone between animal care and working close to 70 hours three weeks in a row. My normal 60-62 is bad enough.
