My chickens keep on dying :( One after another

[Gaynor]

i have the same problem with my girls. Their 3yrs old and have been perfectly happy and healthy then one day I went in to put them away and one looked very listless just sat there. I picked her up and she never struggled in the morning she was dead. Since then I have lost another 5 loosing them every other week.
They show no signs of illness in the morning when I let them out they all run around and feed well then I go back in the evening to put them away and one has been dead.
I had 9 girls and have 3 left within a few months I have lost 3 girls for no reason that shows.
I have bought many medications I have wormed them and treated them for coclosilis and still I lost another yesterday.
Please has anyone got any suggestions because I have no idea what is killing my girls

 

[centrarchid]

Provide history on feed currently in use. This means run date, how long bags have been opened and conditions of storage.

Feel breast of sick and not sick birds.

Provide pictures of face.

Describe feces.

 

[casportpony]

Welcome to BYC?

Info to add:

• Type of wormer used
• Amount of wormer given
• When wormer was given
• How wormer was given
• Type of coccidiosis medication used
• Amount of coccidiosis medication used
• Duration coccidiosis medication used

Would be best to post pictures of poop and birds.

-Kathy

 

[Gaynor]

Hi Kathy thanks for your advise. The girls feed is exactly the same type of feed (layers pellets) I have used since I first got my girls I buy the feed from the lady I bought my girls from. It's kept in a galvanised bin in their coop. They are fed the same way every day.
I worm my girls every 6mth with flubenvet wormer 1 level spoon per 2kl of pellets as directed on the box. They have garlic with their food, fresh water constantly. I have just finished a 7 day course of (I can't remember it's name) coxoid or something like that it's blue in colour. Again I followed the instructions carefully and that's all the water they had for Severn days which their course finished Saturday. Their weight is fine and their droppings are normal colour and consistancy. I just can't see any difference in them.
They seem totally normal in the morning and dead or dying in the evening I just can't understand it.
They get greens which are grown on my allotment where they live and are organic. Which I have always fed them. I haven't hot any up to date photos of them sorry but everything just looks normal I can't understand it. I could loose one girl then it's about 2-3 wks later I loose another it's not bang bang bang there's a break in between their deaths s

 

[centrarchid]

Can you show pictures of both kinds of feces?

How does their breath smell?

 

[Gaynor]

I will get some photos in the morning and post them. Their breath is fine no smell to any of the 3 remaining girls.

 

[centrarchid]

How old is the feed / run date? Did it get hot anywhere along in storage. I would supplement with a fresh bag or even a grower diet to control for a vitamin or fatty acid issue.

 

[Eggcessive]

Have you considered botulism from eating dead animals/fish remains, or from buried vegetation such as in a compost bed (where small animals will sometimes die?) Here is a link about it: http://www.thepoultrysite.com/diseaseinfo/19/botulism

 

[Gaynor]

Hi there food is stored in a galvanised bin in their coop which is a dark shed and very cool. No damp. Changed regularly as they use it I usually use 2 bags a month but obviously it will be dramatically reduced now I only have 3 girls left.

 

[Gaynor]

Hi they are in a large run with a roof on top so no dead animals can get in or they can't get to my compist heap they only have access to what I give them which is fresh veg off the plot and their feed.