- May 22, 2013
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I bought five chicks Sunday, a Leghorn cockerel, two Leghorn pullets, and two New Hampshire red pullets, and was told they were about seven weeks old (the NH red looks older though...). My husband and I checked all over them for life/mites/etc and didn't see any. We brought them home and set them up in a cage outside that was covered, something very similar to what they had been already living in. Well, our 20% chance of rain that night must have jumped up somewhere in the night because I woke up to them soaking wet (there must have been a lot of wind as their cage was covered). One of the reds was dead, and one Leghorn pullet and the other red were very sick, laying on their side, cold, eyes, closed, gasping for air, and literally covered with mites. I brought them all inside, separated them, and put a heat lamp on the sick ones. I thought for sure they would die, but over the course of the day, they dried out, heated up and were up walking around, a little weak, but better than they were. They are all inside now until they are older. My husband and I treated them all with Seven dust for he mites. Now the sick Leghorn is sleepy acting and just sits with her eyes closed, very lethargic, and now the other Leghorn pullet is starting to act lethargic and keeps closing her left eye. The cockerel and red pullet that was sick are acting fine...is this coccidiosis? Any advice?