Yes, thank you I am very familiar with CRD in chickens as they are usually viral and treatable with strong course of antibiotics and if they are not cured it is a Protozoa in them, I am a veterinary technician so I see it all the time
We have performed every test and nothing comes back abnormal, the breeder will not help. They will not acknowledge that the chickens were sick when I got them even though I have vet records to prove so.
How can you be sure they did not fall ill during shipment? I do not like shipping poultry, esp young birds, they do not seem to fare well. I had a peacock I spent $150 on arrive sneezing, the other 2 hens were fine. The male dropped dead 2 weeks later despite vet care and he found nothing wrong with the bird that would of killed it. (This was last week too)
I was angry at first, but my vet told me birds tend to not fare very well in shipment, esp young birds.
The stress lowers their immune system making them susceptible to disease and even the stress alone can kill them.
I have also ordered about 30 chicks, 2 different times at 15 a pop ( diff hatchery). They all arrived seemingly healthy, but I could never keep them all alive. 2-3 would die in the first couple days, then the rest would seem fine.
I will not ship anymore and I will not buy young birds, the ones I did keep up and thriving were raided by raccoons (or I think coons). No matter what I did (even in my garage!!). After the ones in my garage were eaten I vowed no more young birds.
You said yourself nothing came back abnormal, and then said they deny any wrong doing despite your vet records to prove it?
This makes no sense to me, if there was nothing abnormal then there is no wrong doing. What do you want them to do?
I know its sad, and I am sorry you lost the babies, but this still looks like a poor shipping deal to me.
