The Quack Shack

[igorsMistress]

➺[ The breed is immune to most poultry diseases. This makes it simpler to raise. Farmers can keep the chickens healthy without drugs.] look at this Chris

https://animalsake.com/information-about-turken-chicken-naked-neck

I disagree. It was an Nn chick that brought a respiratory illness into my first flock and made everyone sick. That chick died, the rest didn't. While they're certainly hearty, I wouldn't call them disease resistant.
Add to this that people in the states have mixed breeds to make their own colors of Nn and you have a whole new set of genetic factors to consider.
My .02 fwiw

 

[Miss Lydia]

Okay we’ll always best to get info from someone who has been through it. Sorry about your chick and the respiratory illness it brought to your flock. Maybe conditions where it was hatched contributed to this also.

 

[igorsMistress]

My last O Shamo chick just died. It was doing fine less than an hour ago, or appeared to be. I'm really over watching my bird die over what seems to be nothing. I can accept the fact I might be doing something wrong, but I've taken a lot of advice from people with years of experience, and they are still just dieing...
I'm not asking why this time. I'm sure all the questions and answers will just be a repeat of yesterday.
Maybe I'm just not supposed to have O Shamos. It's only the breed I want the most...

I've been offered eggs from a guaranteed healthy stock to try, it will only cost me the shipping cost. It's a very gracious offer than I am going to take, but if it fails again, I'm going to just give the incubator away and not try again. I really hope I just got "bad eggs."

This whole hatching experience has brought me from a very happy place to a rather depressing place. I have no problem desensitizing myself with humans, but I just can't bring myself to do it with animals....

I'm sorry Trim

 

[igorsMistress]

Okay we’ll always best to get info from someone who has been through it. Sorry about your chick and the respiratory illness it brought to your flock. Maybe conditions where it was hatched contributed to this also.

Very true, they were hatchery chicks so I switched to buying eggs from a local and I've had much better luck since then.

 

[Miss Lydia]

I learned my lesson on buying from a hatchery this year.

 

[casportpony]

@casportpony Do you have a video or a guide you could show me on how to perform a necropsy?

Here is a manual, but I am not sure how easy it would be to do on a chick. If my chick, I think I would start by checking the belly. If you open the belly and there is stlll yolk then it's pretty safe to say cause of death was related to that. If no yolk I think I would try to examine the intestines for signs of coccidiosis. I would also slice open the gizzard to see what was in it.

Again, so sorry for your loss. Let me know if you need any help, or if you want to see pictures of chick necropsies.

 

[quackiemama]

Here is a manual, but I am not sure how easy it would be to do on a chick. If my chick, I think I would start by checking the belly. If you open the belly and there is stlll yolk then it's pretty safe to safe cause of death was related to that. If no yolk I think I would try to examine the intestines for signs of coccidiosis. I would also slice open the gizzard to see what was in it.

Again, so sorry for your loss. Let me know if you need any help, or if you want to see pictures of chick necropsies.

You are so awesome!

 

[Trimurtisan]

Here is a manual, but I am not sure how easy it would be to do on a chick. If my chick, I think I would start by checking the belly. If you open the belly and there is stlll yolk then it's pretty safe to safe cause of death was related to that. If no yolk I think I would try to examine the intestines for signs of coccidiosis. I would also slice open the gizzard to see what was in it.

Again, so sorry for your loss. Let me know if you need any help, or if you want to see pictures of chick necropsies.

Thank you very much Kathy. I'm going to wait till the kids go to bed, but I'll take pictures as I go. I'm not really sure what I expect to find, but this is something I would like to learn.

 

[HuffleClaw]

Hey Trim - I think maybe it’s the parent stock... Maybe a deficiency or something causing the chicks to pass?

I’m so sorry.

 

[casportpony]

Thank you very much Kathy. I'm going to wait till the kids go to bed, but I'll take pictures as I go. I'm not really sure what I expect to find, but this is something I would like to learn.

Were you able to do the necropsy?