That's what I thought, NotTheMomma
chickenwhisperer123, They were all different ages ranging from 6 years to almost 1 year. The breeds were Rhode Island Red, Australorp, Orpington, and Ameraucana. We have never weighed them. There was no behavior, they just seemed like they were down in the dumps... they didn't like to move. Everything was normal when they died. They didn't die at the same times though. I explained the apearances of the birds earlier. I have no pictures or I surely would have put them up earlier. We weren't sure of anything at the time. It happened stating in December. At first signs, we separated them into a closed area where they could find easy rest, food, water, and warmth if needed. We cleaned them up and called the vet. researching it i could only thing of Coccidiosis and fed them, sepearate from their usual food, treatment for it. We didn't call the vet after the second death( The first death was a shocker, the second one we called and he never came out, we learned that a day or two later they would die from it). I think it became to serious to cure them at that point, but then it all stopped. The housing and bedding. We had two areas in which they both died in. The one was an outdoor coop. We cleaned it out many times a month and relocated it to different areas for different pasture space. The other was a coop we had built along a side of our barn. We used some sort of bedding, it wasn't pine or anything that would harm them (we made sure of that), and it was cleaned weekly. We also had a cat door installed that they used to go out and eat the flies and what they wanted from a real pasture.
I have another question: Can chickens get coccidiosis from goats? We had a horrible case once and it almost killed her, she had a one in a thousand shot of living our vet said, she lived!!! We were sooo thrilled. We did everything we could to save her, she is such a dear. Now she is the little pig on the farm
But I think she knows that we saved her becuase she follows us around like she depends on us, she is such a little baby
. At the time, the chickens were not near the barn area though. I'm just wondering....becuase it was our first time breeding goats and weren't sure of anything at the time. We were prepared for the possibilities though! And have learn from the tragic experience, Our goat leader said that it comes with having goats.. and that we would all have simialr experiences becuase that is they way the world works.... he is a smart man....very smart man
