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Angel07
Songster
Yes, I know the risks of free ranging but I hate locking my animals in the pens.This is part of the reason why many people do not recommend free ranging. If a bird becomes sick or injured it is important to be able to start treatment immediately. Can't really do that if they're running around out of a pen.
Once I get the stuff I can. My entire family is currently in iso with covid so can't get to town and where we live no where delivers.The main killer of young birds is cocci and it is a very fast killer. They usually are sick for a while before you notice it which is why we give regular treatments of Baycox until they are past their first winter. If you take a stool sample to a vet for a fecal exam they can confirm or once it has died they can retrieve a sample for a test. If one bird has cocci more could very well need treatment. I would start treating the siblings asap.