Moonchick13
Hatching
- Sep 22, 2020
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Hello there!
I am not new to chicks but this batch of chicks I am raising have had more issues... I have a group in the brooder ( a large very "brooder") mostly bought from a local store, they range from about 4 weeks to 6 weeks, so not tiny. I know they need to be moved soon to a larger area but the weather is cooling and I worried about the littlest one. We have had two other chicks pass away one in the first week I had them and another a couple of weeks ago after being cold in the rain outside ( I have had them about one month).
Last night one of my 12 chicks in the brooder, a buff orpington was found dead, my husband had noticed she was sleepy looking but otherwise had not seemed sick. I checked on the chicks again before bed and noticed the other orpington (oddly) was looking droopy and not running about like the other chicks do, I picked her up and noticed a very pasty whitish butt, which I proceeded to wash. The other chick who passed did not have a very pasty butt like hers... I decided to give them all corid in their water, and dipped her beak to get her to drink some. She is currently still alive and resting under heat lamp.
I was doing some googling and saw that due to the whitish pasty butt Salmonella Pullorum could be a possible issue. I read this article https://www.mypetchicken.com/backyard-chickens/chicken-help/All-about-Pullorum-disease-H260.aspx and drew comfort from the diseases that are commonly mistaken for it, one of which was Coccidiosis, which was my original suspicion.
I am terrified of Salmonella! I have a 9 month old baby and now I am very paranoid that somehow we are going to track it over to her if we have an active infection with it. I was somewhat apprehensive about even getting chicks at this time because of her (more interaction with the chicks than my established flock that free ranges). Also worried about my original flock somehow catching this.
I am wondering If I should be very concerned about Salmonella and if anyone thinks it is likely the problem or wether it could be the coccidiosis or something else? Should I send the dead bird somewhere for testing?
Thanks!
I am not new to chicks but this batch of chicks I am raising have had more issues... I have a group in the brooder ( a large very "brooder") mostly bought from a local store, they range from about 4 weeks to 6 weeks, so not tiny. I know they need to be moved soon to a larger area but the weather is cooling and I worried about the littlest one. We have had two other chicks pass away one in the first week I had them and another a couple of weeks ago after being cold in the rain outside ( I have had them about one month).
Last night one of my 12 chicks in the brooder, a buff orpington was found dead, my husband had noticed she was sleepy looking but otherwise had not seemed sick. I checked on the chicks again before bed and noticed the other orpington (oddly) was looking droopy and not running about like the other chicks do, I picked her up and noticed a very pasty whitish butt, which I proceeded to wash. The other chick who passed did not have a very pasty butt like hers... I decided to give them all corid in their water, and dipped her beak to get her to drink some. She is currently still alive and resting under heat lamp.
I was doing some googling and saw that due to the whitish pasty butt Salmonella Pullorum could be a possible issue. I read this article https://www.mypetchicken.com/backyard-chickens/chicken-help/All-about-Pullorum-disease-H260.aspx and drew comfort from the diseases that are commonly mistaken for it, one of which was Coccidiosis, which was my original suspicion.
I am terrified of Salmonella! I have a 9 month old baby and now I am very paranoid that somehow we are going to track it over to her if we have an active infection with it. I was somewhat apprehensive about even getting chicks at this time because of her (more interaction with the chicks than my established flock that free ranges). Also worried about my original flock somehow catching this.
I am wondering If I should be very concerned about Salmonella and if anyone thinks it is likely the problem or wether it could be the coccidiosis or something else? Should I send the dead bird somewhere for testing?
Thanks!
