mandymcg05
Songster
Ok guys, a few of my chickens have been falling ill. And I need your help identifying the problem and saving my flock. Here's the timeline...
First victim was 3 weeks ago, a cockerel about 4 months old, one morning he came out of the coop for breakfast walking like he was drunk. I noticed he had a large lump on his leg so I thought maybe he just fell off the roost and hurt himself. He slowly walked less and less, ate laying down, and so I separated him with some mycin abx water and gave corid just in case I could try and stop whatever it was. He was gone within 4 days. He just slowly got worse and worse.
Second victim, another cockerel from the same farm, same hatch, same age walked out of the coop doing the same thing two mornings ago. Walking like he was drunk eating laying down, falling on his wings. I've had him separated as soon as I saw him showing symptoms. I started him on the same thing as the last one.
Third victim, another cockerel. From the same frikken farm/hatch, same age. Started walking a little funny this evening. Showing the same early signs as the other two.
What the hell is going on, can I save them at this point? Second victim is not drinking or eating much at this point. I'm afraid I'm going to lose them all. They've all been in the same coop, same run, ate the same scratch feed/crumble, same waterer. I did have sand in the coop that I've taken out last week and switched to straw/hay and they seem to like it a lot better. Nothing is different for any of them.. I did notice after a bad rain the other day I has some small fuzzy white spots in the yard that the dew stuck too. I was thinking it was possible mold or spider webs but I'm not really sure.
I just don't understand why now it's like running rampant and they are dropping so fast. I have nutridrench on hand and I have some save a chick electrolytes but I'm not sure how I can get them to take it if they are starting to not eat/drink. I haven't seen any bloody poop either. Should I treat the whole flock?? Also, I have two ducks in the flock too. Everyone has the same water, food, run, coop.
First victim was 3 weeks ago, a cockerel about 4 months old, one morning he came out of the coop for breakfast walking like he was drunk. I noticed he had a large lump on his leg so I thought maybe he just fell off the roost and hurt himself. He slowly walked less and less, ate laying down, and so I separated him with some mycin abx water and gave corid just in case I could try and stop whatever it was. He was gone within 4 days. He just slowly got worse and worse.
Second victim, another cockerel from the same farm, same hatch, same age walked out of the coop doing the same thing two mornings ago. Walking like he was drunk eating laying down, falling on his wings. I've had him separated as soon as I saw him showing symptoms. I started him on the same thing as the last one.
Third victim, another cockerel. From the same frikken farm/hatch, same age. Started walking a little funny this evening. Showing the same early signs as the other two.
What the hell is going on, can I save them at this point? Second victim is not drinking or eating much at this point. I'm afraid I'm going to lose them all. They've all been in the same coop, same run, ate the same scratch feed/crumble, same waterer. I did have sand in the coop that I've taken out last week and switched to straw/hay and they seem to like it a lot better. Nothing is different for any of them.. I did notice after a bad rain the other day I has some small fuzzy white spots in the yard that the dew stuck too. I was thinking it was possible mold or spider webs but I'm not really sure.
I just don't understand why now it's like running rampant and they are dropping so fast. I have nutridrench on hand and I have some save a chick electrolytes but I'm not sure how I can get them to take it if they are starting to not eat/drink. I haven't seen any bloody poop either. Should I treat the whole flock?? Also, I have two ducks in the flock too. Everyone has the same water, food, run, coop.
