LOSING ALL MY BOILERS!!

[dangerouschicken]

Wow, that is so disturbing! I hope you find out what went wrong in this situation. Such a huge loss after so much work!

 

[ams3651]

we had that happen when we were kids with rabbits and we had the vet test the feed and discovered it was old and had some kind of bacteria. The mill paid the vet bill, it wasnt much but at least they acknowledged it was their fault.

save some and have it tested yourself.

 

[chickenannie]

Why don't you send a feed sample to an independent lab as well as back to the company. sounds like rat poison or something got in there.

 

[Acre of Blessings]

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I know that this may be hard but the worst thing you can do is give up. Don't give up keep going at it. Just try a different feed maybe.

 

[kmrausch]

I live up in the middle of nowhere in northern WI. Have no idea who to send feed to for a test, any suggestions? THanks to all.

 

[Baybrio]

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I would start by contacting your county extension agent. Try either googling, or look in the phone book under University of WI, Cooperative Extension. They may be able to give you info on a state lab that can test.

 

[willheveland]

Yes,don't give up.This is just something that happens,not your fault just part of the hobby.
I like buying my feed from the mill because it is so much cheaper when I'm raising a batch of broilers.But if I'm just starting a batch or raising some young layers I buy from my local guy.The only problem with the local guy is he doesn't move alot of feed so his stuff may have been setting around awhile or there are holes in the bag where mice have got in.
The mills are great because you can get a 100lbs bag for the price of a 50 lbs bag of Nutrena or Blue Seal.
But don't give up.America needs more backyard flocks. Will

 

[blue90292]

i am so sorry for your loss.

 

[Promiselandfarm]

You should be able to contact your vet and ask them questions that should be a free service. Ask them about testing one of your birds if there is a state agency which does this. I think all states have one. I know when we had a horse up and die for no good reason they wanted us to have her tested. The vet came out the night she looked sick and then we took her in for care and they tested nothing came back possitive and then she got so bad we had her put downm she had just foaled seven days earlier. That day(the day we put her down) we took her to Nashville and had her tested it cost us nothing because the vets wanted to make sure there was nothing new disease wise in our area. Turned out she had a brain tumor and everything else was fine. If they have an illness or there is something in the feed you need to know. If you turn the feed back over to the company they can hide the truth and say it was nothing in our feed. Take some to an ag-agent and ask them about testing feeds. Every state has an agriculture agent and most counties do but some are small and have to share agents. So call and find out who is yours and see what help they can offer...

 

[chickenannie]

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There are universities that do lab testing. You can usually send through the mail if there's none close to you. Sorry I can't name a specific lab but we used to do that with soil samples all the time.