Hi All.
Background:
I finally bit the bullet and ruffled the wife's feathers with my decision to start chickens this year.
I'm a complete noob with chickens--never done it before, not even as a kid.
I bought 7 heavy breed pullets about a week ago at the local farm store.
One of them was dead when I checked their brooder this morning.
She couldn't have been dead long as she was still warm and limp when I found her.
I think she may have had some congestion last night when I was changing their bedding but I'm not sure which one had it.
She sounded like she was making clicking noises with almost each breath.
Anyway, I noticed tonight that another one of them seems to be having trouble breathing.
She is taking fast and shallow breaths and it sounds like she's congested (she's making clicking noises).
Oh--she's sneezing or coughing a lot also.
I setup another box as a brooder and moved her into it...all by herself.
It was sad watching her calling out frantically and looking around her cell for her sisters ...but I'm guessing I did the right thing.
Some of the google results indicated that runny poop or diarrhea is another symptom. I have no idea how to tell what is runny and what is normal as I've never done this before.
Did I do the right thing by isolating her?
If she makes it to tomorrow what can I do for treatment (if anything)?
Thanks in advance!
Background:
I finally bit the bullet and ruffled the wife's feathers with my decision to start chickens this year.
I'm a complete noob with chickens--never done it before, not even as a kid.
I bought 7 heavy breed pullets about a week ago at the local farm store.
One of them was dead when I checked their brooder this morning.
She couldn't have been dead long as she was still warm and limp when I found her.
I think she may have had some congestion last night when I was changing their bedding but I'm not sure which one had it.
She sounded like she was making clicking noises with almost each breath.
Anyway, I noticed tonight that another one of them seems to be having trouble breathing.
She is taking fast and shallow breaths and it sounds like she's congested (she's making clicking noises).
Oh--she's sneezing or coughing a lot also.
I setup another box as a brooder and moved her into it...all by herself.
It was sad watching her calling out frantically and looking around her cell for her sisters ...but I'm guessing I did the right thing.
Some of the google results indicated that runny poop or diarrhea is another symptom. I have no idea how to tell what is runny and what is normal as I've never done this before.
Did I do the right thing by isolating her?
If she makes it to tomorrow what can I do for treatment (if anything)?
Thanks in advance!