- Sep 16, 2010
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We had a flock of six, lost one chicken an Americanna about two months ago with no signs of what happened to her. Only blue was her neck was loose with her whole body stiff thought her neck might be broken. This is our first flock so we decided after looking online that this was sudden chicken death syndrome. Now down to five hens we brought in two chicks that are in the run but in a seperate cage for their safety (our girls attacked them). They have been with the flock for about two weeks and appear healthy other than the injuries from being attacked by our hens. Those injuries are almost all gone now though. The flock consisted of 1 Plymouth rock, 1 dominique, 2 Rhode island reds, and 1 Wellsumer. The two chicks are Wellsummers. Last night we found the Wellsummer dead after having petted her and the others that very afternoon. She seemed fine. Tonight we found 1 of the Rhode islands dead. What can we do? We don't want to loose the whole flock since they have recently started laying very well. We were only getting an egg every other day and recently we'd been getting two to three eggs everyday. Please help.
1) What type of bird , age and weight.
(1 Wellsummer and 1 Rhode Island Red, no idea on the weight about 6 months old)
2) What is the behavior, exactly.
(Both dead one day apart. Few signs other than resting on the ground in the coop during the day periodically, then coming out to the run with the other girls, and back to the coop.)
3) How long has the bird been exhibiting symptoms?
(Showed signs for only one day before dying)
4) Are other birds exhibiting the same symptoms?
(Not yet)
5) Is there any bleeding, injury, broken bones or other sign of trauma.
(No injuries apparent)
6) What happened, if anything that you know of, that may have caused the situation.
(No clue)
7) What has the bird been eating and drinking, if at all.
(Grower crumble, water, and household scraps ie. pineapple, tomato, sweet potato, apple, lettuce, strawberries, cilantro, broccoli etc... )
8) How does the poop look? Normal? Bloody? Runny? etc.
(Normal as far as we can tell but it gets pretty lost in the dirt)
9) What has been the treatment you have administered so far?
(Nothing but want to do something)
10 ) What is your intent as far as treatment? For example, do you want to treat completely yourself, or do you need help in stabilizing the bird til you can get to a vet?
(Treat ourselves if possible.)
11) If you have a picture of the wound or condition, please post it. It may help.
12) Describe the housing/bedding in use
(Wooden coop with dirt floor, roosting bars that they almost never use, and a nesting box attached to the coop with a ledge that they prefer to roost on in the nesting boxes is a mixture of pine shavings and hay)
1) What type of bird , age and weight.
(1 Wellsummer and 1 Rhode Island Red, no idea on the weight about 6 months old)
2) What is the behavior, exactly.
(Both dead one day apart. Few signs other than resting on the ground in the coop during the day periodically, then coming out to the run with the other girls, and back to the coop.)
3) How long has the bird been exhibiting symptoms?
(Showed signs for only one day before dying)
4) Are other birds exhibiting the same symptoms?
(Not yet)
5) Is there any bleeding, injury, broken bones or other sign of trauma.
(No injuries apparent)
6) What happened, if anything that you know of, that may have caused the situation.
(No clue)
7) What has the bird been eating and drinking, if at all.
(Grower crumble, water, and household scraps ie. pineapple, tomato, sweet potato, apple, lettuce, strawberries, cilantro, broccoli etc... )
8) How does the poop look? Normal? Bloody? Runny? etc.
(Normal as far as we can tell but it gets pretty lost in the dirt)
9) What has been the treatment you have administered so far?
(Nothing but want to do something)
10 ) What is your intent as far as treatment? For example, do you want to treat completely yourself, or do you need help in stabilizing the bird til you can get to a vet?
(Treat ourselves if possible.)
11) If you have a picture of the wound or condition, please post it. It may help.
12) Describe the housing/bedding in use
(Wooden coop with dirt floor, roosting bars that they almost never use, and a nesting box attached to the coop with a ledge that they prefer to roost on in the nesting boxes is a mixture of pine shavings and hay)
