Gamebird Chick Starter 20% (Non medicated)
ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THAT? NEVER KNOWN OF ANY BRAND OF CAMEBIRD STARTER LESS THAN 28% PROTIEN...
ELECTROLYTE IS A GOOD IDEA
IF THE POO WAS GREEN AND RUNNY I WOULD THING ENTERITIS WHICH THEY CAN BE QUITE SUSCEPTIBLE TOO( INFECTIOUS CONTAGEN)
THE HEAD ARCHING IS KINDA CLASSIC FOR ENCEPHALITIS, ITS ACTUALLY CALLED POSTURING, AND IS INDICATIVE OF CRANIAL MALFUNCTION OF SOME SORT--- WHEN SEEN IN THIS SITUATION AND EXHIBITED BY MORE THAN 1 CHICK IT WOULD BE INDICATIVE OF ENCEPHALITIS INFECTION, WHICH THEY CAN BE PRONE TO AS WELL(BUT IT IS CONTAGEOUS SO IT WOULD AFFECT THE WHOLE LOT, NOT JUST 1..)( FYI- THIS IS USUALLY PASSED ENUTERO FROM HEN TO EGG, THEN THE INFECTED EGG HATCHES AND SHARES THE INFECTION WITH EVERYONE ELSE IN THE BROODER-- IT CARRIES A VERY HIGH MORTALITY RATE)
6 DAYS OLD IT IS AN OUTSIDE POSSIBILITY THAT YOUR FINDING THE 1'S WHO HAVENT LEARNED TO EAT AND ARE NOW FINALLY SUCCUMBING TO STARVATION? WERE THESE HEALTH NORMAL CHICKS COMPARED TO THE REST? OR WERE THEY WEAKER SMALLER ( RUNTS)CHICKS? MANY TIMES THEY HAVE INTERNAL DEFECTS AND LIVE FOR A WHILE BUT THE DEFECT FINALLY WINS IN THE END..
WHAT KIND OF WOODEN BOX? SOME PINE AND ALL CEDAR CAN GIVE OFF FUMES THAT ARE TOXIC TO QUAIL CHICKS, ESPECIALLY IF IN AN ENCLOSED HEATED SPACE WHERE THE FUMES WOULD BE GIVEN OFF MORE READILY AND ACCUMULATE INTO HEAVIER TOXIC ENVIRONMENT.
WHITECONFECTIONS SORRY TO SAY BUT ITS STILL KINDA HARD TO PUT ANY EASY CAUSE ON YOUR LOSSES. DEFECTS AND STARVATION CERTAINLY CAN BE THE CAUSE AT THIS AGE, AS CAN THE TOXIC FUMES SO LOOK AT THAT BOX... NO PASTY BUTT SO IT ISNT A BACKUP PROBLEM, STARVATION CAN BE MAGNIFIED BY THE LOW PROTIEN FEED. IF IT IS IN FACT 20% PROTIEN THEN SOMEONE HAS GIVEN YOU REGULAR CHICK STARTER AND NOT GAMEBIRD STARTER/ OR GAMEBIRD MAINTENANCE AND NOT STARTER... IT NEVER HURTS TO COVER YOUR BASES- YOU CAN START THEM ON ANTIBIOTICS FOR ANY CONTAGEN, MOVE THEM OUT OF YOUR WOODEN BOX BROODER, FEED THEM SOMETHING DIFFERENT, I LIKE THE ELECTROLYTE SOLUTION--- THAT NEVER HURTS, AND THE VITAMIN ELECTROLYTE SOLUTION IS EVEN BETTER! ARE YOU MONITORING BROODER TEMP THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND EVENING? PERHAPS TOO COLD OR OVERHEATING? I KNOW IF TRAMPLED(HUDDLED ON) IF YOU FIND 1 BEFORE ITS DEAD THEY ARE TOTALLY LISTLESS AND LIMP?? SAME WITH HEAT EXHAUSTION...
I DUNNO JUST TRYIN TO COVER WHAT I CAN HERE... ANY OTHER INFO WE CAN ADD TO THE EQUATION? MAYBE I CAN PINPOINT SOMETHING FOR YOU...
