My chicks are getting ill and has some kind of infectious disease

[Akif]

Welcome to BYC, sorry your chicks are sick. What country do you live in?

Pakistan

 

[Akif]

Woah, stop with all that...

Check for pasty butt. Clean any stuck on droppings that might be blocking them from pooing.

Also listen to their breath... is it sound like air moving or kind crackling?

Where did they come from and what are they eating, including drinks and supplements? Are you ion the US, or where?



ETA: that looks more like accidental aspiration or organ failure (from not connecting with food, but not really the way they are standing up) causing the gasping for air... more than infection, at least what could see.

Thank you so much i found pasty buts and cleaned them they improved immediately

 

[Marstar]

Hello everyone one, need some guidance i have hatched chicks who started getting ill and has some kind of spreading infection where chicks looks short of breath opening their beaks as if they are having air hunger and closing their eyes and dies in 1 day or so video attached please help


Age is around from 7 days to a month
No vaccination done

I have the same thing going on. My chicks are about 2 weeks old. They have Cocci. It help to buy Corid and replaced the bedding with pee pads everyday. I also separated the sick ones from the not sick ones and I feed them medicated food. I realized that it was too hot and too humid. I still have one that is too weak to stand up but I literally had to take 4 to work to keep constant supervision and medicated. Sounds like alot of trouble but they were not cheap. The weak one that cant walk cam feed her self but still depends on me for water. I hope she gets better soon.

 

[Akif]

Woah, stop with all that...

Check for pasty butt. Clean any stuck on droppings that might be blocking them from pooing.

Also listen to their breath... is it sound like air moving or kind crackling?

Where did they come from and what are they eating, including drinks and supplements? Are you ion the US, or where?



ETA: that looks more like accidental aspiration or organ failure (from not connecting with food, but not really the way they are standing up) causing the gasping for air... more than infection, at least what could see.

I'm in Pakistan hatched at home in a brooder doing this for the first time, breed austrolorp and mixed cross some of Thembthank you so much i found them to have a pasty butt cleaned started to improve. Antibiotics for chronic constipation stasis of stool which can have secondary bacterial infection.

 

[EggSighted4Life]

Thank you so much i found pasty buts and cleaned them they improved immediately

So glad to hear it!

When I see chicks start to slow down for no other apparent reason, pasty butt is one of the first things I check.

It might not even be constipation causing it. Sometimes a little sticks and build up each time until it becomes a blockage... which ultimately will shut down every organ.

I have had broody hatched and raised chicks get pasty butt. It can be caused by ANY stress, not just being too hot, too cold, or shipped. Secondary bacterial infections is always good to be aware of. Consider using probiotics to boost good bacteria instead of antibiotics which kills bacteria indiscriminately. Seems as though, while steroids like prednizone can be useful.. I also see common warnings about them reducing a persons ability to fight infections... meaning it lowers immunity somehow... One reason I suggested stopping... I am unfamiliar with it's benefits though.

For some chicks, they may need their bottoms cleaned again. Yes, you KNOW I have lost a chick to pasty butt in the past. It's a learning process, and easier to miss in big groups.

Looks like you had a great first hatch! Congratulations.

The chicks really didn't look sick to me... Hopefully the rest will thrive!