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[Indyshent]

Dakshan why don't you post in the emergency section of BYC? Maybe someone can help you. Is there anyway you can take your chicken to the vet? I don't know if they need antibiotics but if you have any electrolites to give the sick hen. I'm sorry you are having all these problems. I wish I could help you more.

Patty

I'm so sorry. If a chicken is not drinking/eating, then you may be able to tube feed some liquids with meds. I did it for my Cuddles & she thankfully bounced back. I hated doing it, but it helped her through those worst couple days until she could eat & drink on her own. Not sure if I could have done it for an entire flock, but Cuddles is something special. Here are some links
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...h-my-bird-pics-for-visuals-very-detailed-post
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/805728/go-team-tube-feeding

I second all of this @daskhan I've had to do similar stuff to my birds, and some have bounced back. Lots of people have pretty good luck with electrolytes and b vitamins.Get 'em Gatorade/Pedialyte type stuff, but there are forms of electrolyte/multivitamins for poultry. I've been using Merrick's blue ribbon poultry electrolyte on mine (along with a stiff regimen of antibiotics for those who need them). Others on the forums have used Calk manna to great effect. In your case, I think antibiotics are probably called for, though this plague may be viral (in which case, there's pretty much nothing you can do but wait it out).

Try to figure out what the disease is
http://beautyofbirds.com/chickendiseases.html

Once you figure it out, this site is an excellent place to find treatments:
https://sites.google.com/a/poultrypedia.com/poultrypedia/medicine-chart

 

[Indyshent]

I already know what's going on and have treated pretty much everyone but everytime a rain+ cold hits they start dieing again this time it just hurt a lot more because it wasn't just Cornish crosses this time it was pets and breeders what's happening is cocci is wrecking Havik and it's hard to catch it till one or two are already goners

Keep them on a pretty much constant diet of medicated feed then. There are lots of anti-cocci agents you can treat with, so preemptively keep birds on them anytime rain and cold are suspected in the future. In the meantime, get them started on meds and sanitize the bejeezus out of the area. Other things that can help are keeping a sand substrate instead of dirt because the sand can be easily raked, and poo can be isolated and tossed out far more efficiently.

 

[ChickCrazed]

Keep them on a pretty much constant diet of medicated feed then. There are lots of anti-cocci agents you can treat with, so preemptively keep birds on them anytime rain and cold are suspected in the future. In the meantime, get them started on meds and sanitize the bejeezus out of the area. Other things that can help are keeping a sand substrate instead of dirt because the sand can be easily raked, and poo can be isolated and tossed out far more efficiently.

Medicated feed only treats one or two kinds of Cocci and can deplete them of other needed nutrients (prevents absorption of certain vitamins), so I would not recommend that as a constant feed. I would call and talk to the owner of First State Vet Supply about the Cocci vaccine. I know they offer it. He has always been very helpful when I talk to him. I talked to him about the vaccine at one point, he said he does not usually recommend it because it is a disease caused by poor housing conditions and is easily managed, but if you are having a perpetuating constant struggle I would look into it.

https://www.firststatevetsupply.com/

 

[Indyshent]

Medicated feed only treats one or two kinds of Cocci and can deplete them of other needed nutrients (prevents absorption of certain vitamins), so I would not recommend that as a constant feed. I would call and talk to the owner of First State Vet Supply about the Cocci vaccine. I know they offer it. He has always been very helpful when I talk to him. I talked to him about the vaccine at one point, he said he does not usually recommend it because it is a disease caused by poor housing conditions and is easily managed, but if you are having a perpetuating constant struggle I would look into it.

https://www.firststatevetsupply.com/

That's even better!

Soaking feed (if not fermenting it) will also help them get more nutrients from the feed. Some dirt is worse than others about harboring cocci.

 

[LonelyPageTurne]

What's a BYM? 

Barnyard mix.


Cocci lives in the ground. It can live dormant for years and years, and even if someone has never had chickens before, dogs and wild birds can carry it. That's the bad news. As soon as wet weather starts, it's on. As soon as it started getting real rainy I knew cocci was gonna start popping up and I've got my corid ready.

 

[LonelyPageTurne]

Medicated feed only treats one or two kinds of Cocci and can deplete them of other needed nutrients (prevents absorption of certain vitamins), so I would not recommend that as a constant feed.  I would call and talk to the owner of First State Vet Supply about the Cocci vaccine.  I know they offer it.  He has always been very helpful when I talk to him.  I talked to him about the vaccine at one point, he said he does not usually recommend it because it is a disease caused by poor housing conditions and is easily managed, but if you are having a perpetuating constant struggle I would look into it.

https://www.firststatevetsupply.com/

Yeah exactly. Sorry I didn't go down far enough before posting.

If you keep them in a contained area they're 10000000% right.

 

[slutter]

Thanks for the list, this seems like a great thread and website so far!

 

[Indyshent]

Well, I've rehomed four extra roos from @SallyinIndiana to good homes! The splash-laced wyandottewent to a nice lady who's looking to breed him over her gold and silver laced girls (just like me! Can't wait to see the bitties!).


*Hopefully* I'll be getting another Brahma roo (which I need like I need a kick in the face). He looked partridge in the first picture the seller gave me, but turns out he's buff Colombian (and comes with two free Colombian hens!

). I'd hoped to put him over my four partridge girls, but looks like he'll be going over four Colombian girls. Who knows. It's not like I have any "matching" couples anymore anyway. May just put both Dark and BC roos over all the hens, at this rate. My likelihood of finding a lemon pyle Brahma roo for the lonely girl is pretty nil anyway. What can I say though, I love the breed. The three I had last year weren't all that amazing (boo on hatchery quality light Brahmas--the only Brahmas that ever seem to be mean). If I get him, that'll be one DB roo (Wun Wun's promised to chickrookie) and one BC roo over four partridge, one lemon pyle, and four light hens.

So... been doing a lot of thinking about who's staying or going. Pretty well decided to keep Brahmas because I'm hook, line and sinker for them now.

Also keeping Wyandottes. I have one BLRW roo, one BLRW hen, two SLW, and one GLW. Can't wait to see babies, because there's bound to be some stunning birds from the match up.

And, of course, a bunch of miscellaneous hens because of their pretty eggs or because the kids have latched onto them. No matter how much the EEs have been handled, they just don't seem to like being picked up. The two Australorps and BOs, however, make up for the EEs, I think (youngest has claimed both BOs and one Aussie).

Also, one pair each of black Breda and Cochin. I'm in love with the Cochins, and my youngest (who claims almost every bird here, truthfully) has claimed the Breda.

Poor Gatti (the youngest; he turned 7 in October) has claimed almost every rooster (and about half of the hens; three of which he bought with change at an RK) that has ever entered my backyard. I feel awful when I have to rehome them. really hoping the BLRW and Breda roos work out because he likes them most (even though they're harder to handle and the Wyandotte's nipped me a couple times--poor guy recently got a respiratory issue, which may explain it).

 

[chickiebaby1]

So when do ya'll start separating for the breeding season? I have all my pens written down on paper, just wasn't sure when to actually start separating them to get them ready. I like to have chicks by the middle of March, so I am thinking the time is coming up very soon. I will probably have several quads, trios and pairs of silkies available once I separate if anyone is interested.

 

[Indyshent]

http://indianapolis.craigslist.org/grd/5376756077.html

Haven't met the seller yet, but they've offered some stunning roosters up for rehoming. When I asked, the seller said they were free to good home (and offered to throw in some free hens!)

Most of the boys are mixed breed, but the Marans, the mille fleur D'Uccle and the white silkie are all full-blooded. I'm not sure who's left, only that the seller offered to reserve the buff Brahma for me til I meet them on Saturday. They all free range, so the seller needs a day's warning because birds are captured while roosting at night. (I wish I'd done that--mildly twisted my ankle this morning running a Wyandotte down!).