Warning for E coli in tractor supply feed!

[Lenny loves chickens]

Sorry to hear about your birds

 

[Tonyroo]

I live in Texas and I'm telling you if your bird was sent to Texas A&M for a necropsy they will provide you a detailed report.

His vet sent it to A&M not him. So any communication that would be done would be between the vet and lab.

 

[The duck father_]

Can you take a few pictures of your coop and run and post them here?
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I don't ever have them in it without litter. The second pic is dirt I put down before the litter not poop. They have two coops one for the chickens one for the ducks. The ducks pen is a extremely well vented horse trailer the chickens is a hoopcoop

 

[dawg53]

I've seen the quality control of chicken feed take a dump lately, not related to feed sold at Tractor Supply.
I've seen mold in feed sacks, clumpy layer feed, plastic shards in feed, what was supposed to be crumbles turned out to be rabbit pellets...all within the last year. I'm talking about Nutrena and Purina layer feeds.
Of course I've returned the feed and swapped it out or got a refund. No problem.
Blame it on Covid, or lack of quality control, or someone doesnt know what they're doing.

 

[Weeg]

His vet sent it to A&M not him. So any communication that would be done would be between the vet and lab.

Exactly.

 

[The duck father_]

I've seen the quality control of chicken feed take a dump lately, not related to feed sold at Tractor Supply.
I've seen mold in feed sacks, clumpy layer feed, plastic shards in feed, what was supposed to be crumbles turned out to be rabbit pellets...all within the last year. I'm talking about Nutrena and Purina layer feeds.
Of course I've returned the feed and swapped it out or got a refund. No problem.
Blame it on Covid, or lack of quality control, or someone doesnt know what they're doing.

This is a bold claim to make.

Where exactly do you store your feed?
Did you have professional testing done on both bags of feed?

I store it in closed food barrels. I didn't know about the E coli until a few weeks later they go through two 50 lb bags in three days. The food from the bag wasn't tested but the food in the crop and stomach was. As I said I'm just going by what the coroner said. I had them all quarantined to an emergency pen with bottled water once the first one died. The only thing I hadn't changed was the food because I didn't expect that at all.

 

[Brooks_]

layer pellets killed half my flock

I sent a duck and goose

they go through two 50 lb bags in three days

 

[aart]

Don't jump to conclusions. I had no idea it was E coli until yesterday. That food was 3 weeks gone by the time I got the results. I'm just warning people to be carful.

This is why I record the mfg date and lot number for every bag I buy.

they go through two 50 lb bags in three days.

WOW, how many birds do you have?

 

[The duck father_]

This is why I record the mfg date and lot number for every bag I buy.


WOW, how many birds do you have?

I had 50 ducks and geese and 30 chickens. They eat a ton!

 

[Lor]

Oh my goodness! Sorry for your loss. And thank you for the heads up.