Mystery Sickness?

[casportpony]

I'm still curious about the lumps on the showgirl's neck. Also the bantam seemed to take a turn for the worse today, she can't walk without loosing her balance and typically falls forward. I'm rather glad my classes were canceled today, I'd have skipped them to tend her otherwise.

Where they vaccinated for Marek's? Those lumps do look like they could be the cutaneous form of Marek's, but don't quote me on that. You've had deaths of multiple species, so I'd look for diseases that are common in all. Yes, all can get coccidiosis, however, they all get a different type, but it would be possible, I guess.

Where do you live?

-Kathy

 

[CTL7]

I don't know how many if any were vaccinated. I got most of them from TSC or friends, who often got them from other friends. The few that I have hatched/ordered were not vaccinated. I live in North Carolina. I did have an unusually high mortality rate among the few babies I did hatch this year, mostly keets. The weather here has been extremely damp this year, and that in itself is not good.

 

[CTL7]

Oh yeah, the gosling I lost, did get a small lump on the side of his bill, but it was going away. The bantam does not have any lumps that I can tell, she is still very alert, and tries to walk even though she falls. I put her in a small box so she will not hurt herself.

 

[casportpony]

I don't know how many if any were vaccinated. I got most of them from TSC or friends, who often got them from other friends. The few that I have hatched/ordered were not vaccinated. I live in North Carolina. I did have an unusually high mortality rate among the few babies I did hatch this year, mostly keets. The weather here has been extremely damp this year, and that in itself is not good.

I read that keets can't tolerate getting wet, so maybe that's what happened?

-Kathy

 

[CTL7]

I kept them as dry as possible, in a house with an awesome little broody hen. Constant damp weather just seems to bring on all kinds of problems. I had major trouble with mold that kept getting in my incubator, though the hens had no trouble hatching eggs, just getting the babies to live was an issue. I have wondered if mold spores could be causing some of my problems, or if they ate something they shouldn't have. Also the coolness on top of the wet, I know has not been good these past 3-4 months.

 

[casportpony]

Next time one dies, have a necropsy done. If you live in the US many states do it for free or a small fee.

-Kathy