Backstory:
I purchased a hen from a reputable breeder at a show. She went broody so I gave her some eggs that were fixing to hatch. (They were hers or her sisters anyway!) She had 4. For three weeks everything was fine until one day one died. I have no clue what happened, we just went to feed and it was dead. The next day I found a second one dead. I thought maybe it was mama somehow so I brought the other two inside and put them in the brooder with 6 chicks I had purchased from TSC and 4 more I had hatched recently. I noticed that the older chicks were sneezing a bit almost immediately, so I pulled them back out and separated them. (I haven't heard it since, so it might have been due to a change in environment.) Anyway, the about 3 days after that one of my TSC chicks started to look droopy. It died later that day. The next day another one died. About 3 days after that (today), one of my baby chicks I hatched died. And tonight I find another one I hatched looking "droopy" like the others did before they died.
The ONLY symptoms I can see is that they don't seem to run and kick and play as much as the others, then they lay down, then they lay on their sides with a leg and a wing sticking out, then they are gone. It happens pretty fast from start to finish. Poop seems normal, I gave vitamins/electrolytes after the TSC chicks died and started using the yellow antibiotic powder today in thier water after finding the other one dead. I figure it can't hurt.....
I am still learning about chickens, but kinda jumped in with both feet. Obviously, I shouldn't have put the babies from the mama in with the others. (They are absolutely fine for now, no more died after I took them away from mama.) But what on Earth could be going on? I've had 5 die within 2 weeks! And it seems pretty random too. The others (TSC chicks and my chicks) are still fit as fiddles (knock on wood!)
I'm just really starting to get worried and upset. I don't want to lose any more! Especially this newest one. It's currently curled up in my hair and peeping softly. Just pooed on my shirt. LOL
I purchased a hen from a reputable breeder at a show. She went broody so I gave her some eggs that were fixing to hatch. (They were hers or her sisters anyway!) She had 4. For three weeks everything was fine until one day one died. I have no clue what happened, we just went to feed and it was dead. The next day I found a second one dead. I thought maybe it was mama somehow so I brought the other two inside and put them in the brooder with 6 chicks I had purchased from TSC and 4 more I had hatched recently. I noticed that the older chicks were sneezing a bit almost immediately, so I pulled them back out and separated them. (I haven't heard it since, so it might have been due to a change in environment.) Anyway, the about 3 days after that one of my TSC chicks started to look droopy. It died later that day. The next day another one died. About 3 days after that (today), one of my baby chicks I hatched died. And tonight I find another one I hatched looking "droopy" like the others did before they died.
The ONLY symptoms I can see is that they don't seem to run and kick and play as much as the others, then they lay down, then they lay on their sides with a leg and a wing sticking out, then they are gone. It happens pretty fast from start to finish. Poop seems normal, I gave vitamins/electrolytes after the TSC chicks died and started using the yellow antibiotic powder today in thier water after finding the other one dead. I figure it can't hurt.....
I am still learning about chickens, but kinda jumped in with both feet. Obviously, I shouldn't have put the babies from the mama in with the others. (They are absolutely fine for now, no more died after I took them away from mama.) But what on Earth could be going on? I've had 5 die within 2 weeks! And it seems pretty random too. The others (TSC chicks and my chicks) are still fit as fiddles (knock on wood!)
I'm just really starting to get worried and upset. I don't want to lose any more! Especially this newest one. It's currently curled up in my hair and peeping softly. Just pooed on my shirt. LOL
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