Scary sad trip to TSC today!!!

[Debi214]

I would agree then that the food should be OK. I would take it out of the bag and put it in a different container for sure. I am just really concerned because it sounds like the little ones have the bird flu.

 

[Picky Chicky]

I always put the food in an air tight (and strong - rodent proof) tupperware. If you have access to something like that, maybe do that. Otherwise, wipe down then bag with a damp cloth - solution of bleach & water... since the bag is paper try not to hose it down too much.

 

[luvmychicknkids]

Yeah, my main concern was if anyone else thought I could bring in something on the bag of feed and if it warranted changing out the bag. I have the almost empty one still, so I will probably just dump it in there. I keep my chicken food in the house in a closet so it is safe from pests and I just keep it in the original bags. I think that HAD to be something contagious. I was almost afraid to go near my babies even after I knew it had to be off me!!!

 

[Tala]

I would put the food in a bin and burn the bag,
but I always do that anyway.

I use plastic bins, even inside my house, because the bags have a bad tendency to get kicked or knocked over. Plus I just think the rigid bin is easier to scoop from.

 

[amartinlb]

That's shocking about all the dead ones. Every once in a while I'll see one chick (out of like 500 they got in) that died a day or so after arrival at a local feed store but none with any problems like that!

 

[AhBee01]

They could have been handled by kids that didn't know any better and hurt them, or they could have been trampled and already stressed from the move!
I bet it isn't a illness that you need to worry about!

 

[deerman]

BURN the bag, no reason to risk anything.

 

[luvmychicknkids]

Oh, trust me, there is no way this many chicks were injured....either by a child or by trampling. It was almost every chick!!! There were three brooders full. Probaby around 200 chicks or so (that is a guess but I think about what they normally order and I think these were most of a shipment). I saw maybe two or three that weren't bleeding from the nostrils yet. With almost all having the same symptoms (the nose bleed) and at various stages, I think it HAS to be a disease. I know I have read of a disease on here that causes bleeding from the nostrils but can't remember what it was.

 

[duck&chickencrazy]

if you find out what it was you gotta tell us cause i really want to know...and do you know what they did with the chicks??? o those poor little guys i feel so bad for them...

 

[redhen]

there was a thread about a week ago about someone getting moldy feed from TSC....i wonder if that could be it?...maybe some problem in the warehouse with mold? scary!