randomly dying chickens

[leadwolf1]

Get the Corid and try and save the chicken. You can get it and dose her with a medicine dropper. Dose her with as much medicated water as you think she would normally drink in one sitting. Do this every 2 hours until she begins to drink well on her own. Corid will not hurt her is she doesn't have Coccidiosis but, it will save her if she does!

Your dog is not in any immediate danger. Coccidia is found in soil everywhere and at all times. Your dog has been exposed to it since the first time its feet hit the ground. Unless it is young, under 6 weeks, sick or very elderly, its immune system will block the coccidia.

It's your chicken that needs your help.

 

[hennotrooster]

Hello I too am new to this site and you will find a wealth of information and a lot of wonderful people to give advice from their hands on experiences. Take advantage of reading the blogs and FAQs that some of the members have and you will become informed and entertained at the same time. Thanks to Terryg my girls are laying again. I still need to work out some of the kinks from following bad advice I received from others not as informed as the BYC members. Had some coffee and joined so I could see what was up with my girls so I am no longer a BYC stalker.

Chickens are wonderful birds and some will even insist on being your sidekick. I have one (Speckles) that will poke at our shoe till we pick her up or when being chased by our old hen Rachel, Speckles will come and stand next to me or if I am sitting she will hide under my legs. They have wonderful personalities each different.

Lots of luck to you and hope your chickens will have a long healthy life. Just curious are yours laying yet? Mine started to lay the last few days of July so they were 5 going on 6 months.

 

[hennotrooster]

So very sorry for the loss of your chickens.

Hope the surviving chicken does well.

 

[hennotrooster]

Hello Red Barn Farms

What is sour crop and how do you detect it? Been at this since last year March and feel as though I started yesterday.

We are learning how to feed properly and will be setting up 2 separate areas for our 2 oldest girls. They need to be in lock down since they do not want to get along with the the four 8 month olds. These girls are very calm but spend a lot of time running from Rachel and Phoebe who have been very aggressive since day one. Our rooster (no longer with us) learned to be mean from them. These two would chase our dog it was funny to watch but not so funny when they chased after us while we walked in the yard they never caught the dog she is too fast. If they seen us they would come running and bap us in the back of the leg as soon as they were close enough to do so.

 

[puffychickens]

What about the paint on our chicken coop could that have killed them?

 

[casportpony]

I'm really sorry to hear about your chickens. From what I know about coccidiosis is that there are *many* strains. Of those strains, chickens get at least 11, turkeys get something else, peafowl another, dogs/puppies yet another. Your chickens will not give you or your dogs coccidiosis.

However, although rare, I think, there are other diseases that people can get, so if you're worried, you can send your birds to the state lab for a necropsy. Many states do this for free or a small fee. The biggest cost is in the packaging/shipping and you have to send in a recently deceased bird. I saved money by shipping my last one UPS second day in a cooler that I made with stuff from Home Depot. Total cost was less than $40.

I don't mean to sound insensitive, just wanted to let you know your options. In the meantime, if she were my bird, I would treat her with Corid, not Sulmet (sulmet only gets few types of coccidia). You can get it at Tractor Supply in the cow section. It's an off label use in chickens, but it is the preferred coccistat among chicken owners.

 

[Golden Egg]

Adding the cayenne to community water sounds interesting. How much would you add to a gallon of water?

Something like a teaspoon a gallon, or until the water looks a good red color.

 

[puffychickens]

Well the last chicken passed we have no clue what was going on. I had some long time chicken owners come over and try to figure out what was going on. We cannot figure this out. We've speculated that it could be the paint on the coop but that seems far fetched. We've thought maybe stress. Or maybe the feed. B ( hilands non gmo). We have a couple of chickens a friend brought over they are old and where Gettin ready to be processed for meat. To see if they will live. So far they've made it a week.

 

[Golden Egg]

I am sorry. Please let us know what happens with those two.

 

[HSCMorgans]

I have been losing chickens right n left from what I now as rather sure is coccidiossis. I am treating the entire flock (60) with Corid. I have two that ive isolated that where very close to passing away and not only forcing them to drink the corid but put them on antibiotics as well... The brahma pullet seems slightly better as of last night (a little steadier on her feet). The other just started showing some depression an scooped him right up an givin some tlc too. After loosing so many and trying to figure out the problem I think ill be a pro at recognizing and treating coccidioussis! Wish I had been more educated before I lost almost my entire group of young BLRW... JUST REMEMBER: they do not always demonstrate bloody stool!! Thats what tricked me for the longest time...