We lost another chicken UPDATE: EVERYTHING IS BACK TO NORMAL

[FluffyColor]

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Awww so sorry

I'ts bad enough losing ONE of your pets,but 14!Why are they dying?

 

[M To The Maxx]

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Awww so sorry

I'ts bad enough losing ONE of your pets,but 14!Why are they dying?

WE are still trying to figure that out. We have now lost 16. We only have 8 now.

 

[WilczenskiFarm]

How far is UofF? They might take interest pretty darn quickly!!!

OH - Here's the link too: http://www.vetmed.ufl.edu/extension/poultry/


CONTACT US
Gary D. Butcher, DVM, PhD

Professor, Extension - Avian Diseases
Large Animal Clinical Sciences


PO Box 100136
2015 SW 16 Ave
Gainesville, FL 32608-0125
(352) 392-2212 ext. 5695
Fax: (352) 392-3029

email: [email protected]

Poultry Veterinary Extension
The program emphasis is on serving in a technical services capacity. Activities include on-farm visitations, poultry necropsies and sample evaluations (histopathology, serology), telephone consultations, consultations with colleagues, and writing reports. The Avian Extension Program at the University of Florida is primarily to provide technical support for the Florida Poultry Industry and related avian industries. International activities, in support of IFAS' International Programs Mission and the University's Mission to enhance and broaden the scope of the Poultry Medicine Program, are conducted. This has allowed exposure to alternative methods for the prevention and control of poultry diseases. These experiences have benefited the Poultry Medicine Extension Program, as well as teaching and research programs.

The primary target audience is the commercial poultry industry in Florida . Efforts have been directed towards improving vaccination programs, teaching disease monitoring techniques, and promoting disease containment procedures. A statewide Salmonella monitoring program has been developed in association with the Florida Poultry Federation. This proactive program permits identification of Salmonella infected farms and provides recommendations on eradication procedures. The Florida Poultry Industry has been very supportive and responsive to these programs. A major thrust of the poultry veterinary program has also been towards complex problem solving. This has included numerous disease investigations and management studies involving both field and laboratory efforts. Efforts have also been directed towards the pet bird industry, small flock owners, and pigeon fanciers in Florida . Educational programs have been presented to develop a better understanding of disease prevention and control.

 

[M To The Maxx]

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Thanks for all the info!!!! I already have his number. I have been contacting him lately.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

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The dead ones?

No, ones still living, but that look ill. Is there any particular posture that your dead ones are in when you find them?

 

[redhen]

So sorry that this is happening!

I cant believe that state guy isnt calling you back!! Grrr!

 

[M To The Maxx]

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The dead ones?

No, ones still living, but that look ill. Is there any particular posture that your dead ones are in when you find them?

I will get some pics up after school. The posture I find the in is either laying on their side or the other one looks like the are just sitting down but they are dead.

 

[Bantimna]

So sorry

Please disenfect your coop ASAP.

 

[tulie13]

Hey there, sorry to hear about your losses. I just spoke with Gary Butcher yesterday and he talked me through doing a necroscopy on my chickens to look for cecal coccidiosis. I sent him pics of the necroscopy last night and will hopefully hear from him today. I have called him before when my chicken was having crop issues - he seems very nice, helpful, and responsive.

Have you asked about doing a necroscopy? You are about 120 miles from Gainesville - I don't know about shipping a dead bird, I have heard that they usually want one live bird that is showing some sort of symptoms. Do you have any that appear sick that you could get up to Gainesville?

He's SEVERAL hours away from me - I'm near Pensacola in the panhandle of FL. There's no way I could bring him one of mine...

 

[Germaine_11.20]

Is there anyway to move the remaining chickens out of where you have them. To a temporary shelter?

I am wondering if something is biting them. Could you have poisonous insects? Something creeping in there at night and feasting?

I know I see mice in my coop at times. And black widows. Living in FL you probably have a larger assortment of poisonous creatures.


That would be my only guess if you have doctored them all with meds and they are still dying.

If you were able to move them, even into crates then any issues with mold or insects would be removed.