Yes, try to get a diagnosis. That is easiest done with a necropsy if you lose one or two chicks. Chicks don’t normally come from a hatchery with a respiratory disease. They can get them if older chickens have been exposed and it can easily be spread to chicks by hands, shoes, equipment, clothes, and in the air sometimes.
If you lose more, or have the 2 bodies, keep them cool, and call your state poultry lab now. They are open M-F and the bodies have to be delivered or shipped to the lab by overnight shipping via Fedex or UPS. Here is a list of your state vets to contact:
https://www.metzerfarms.com/PoultryLabs.cfm
If you lose more, or have the 2 bodies, keep them cool, and call your state poultry lab now. They are open M-F and the bodies have to be delivered or shipped to the lab by overnight shipping via Fedex or UPS. Here is a list of your state vets to contact:
https://www.metzerfarms.com/PoultryLabs.cfm
