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[carcar80]

Desktop.. There we go.

 

[BlackwoodHollow]

Hi all! This is gaclucks' wife, sitting in for him while he's at work. We had another sad day today as our little Lav Orpington pullet died suddenly.

I'm kind of freaking out and really sad. I did everything I knew to do for the Australorp, but the lav pullet was so fast I didn't have a chance to do anything. Sitting with them this morning, they were all fine. She was running around just as pleasant as she pleased, eating, drinking and all, and then a few hours later I went to check their feed she was dead already. No blood or anything.

Anyhow, when I let him know and he...asked me if I was serious...then reminded me of @Chickdancer's case. I was wondering how it was going. Have you heard anything definite back yet(from the cdc was it?)?
Where would we send our chickens to for testing and how much does it cost?

Sorry to be such a noob, I just feel so helpless. As far as I know we have given them everything they need. Even fermenting their feed and sprouting their grains.

IDK, it's only been just over a week and we've already lost 2/9. I want to be a good chicken mama, don't want em to suffer b/c I'm not getting something right.

Can't figure out how to address people directly. The @ isn't working. Skimmed the thread and wanted to add that I'm glad things are better for you, Chickdancer. Good luck in the future! This chicken thing is a little more complicated than I had hoped.

 

[RoboDuck]

Quote: How close are you to Prowlunwoof? I figure if I'm within about an hour of someone, that's close enough to use them as a relay location. Of course that's providing that they're willing to participate in the railroad program.

 

[BlackwoodHollow]

We had a rooster die of secondary poisoning. He got hold of a mouse that had been into some mouse poison. Also, is there possibility of snake bite? And yes, I can see death by ants, but there must have been a reason she didn't move away from them. Sorry for your loss.

Thanks for the reply. We have frogs all over our place but haven't seen a single snake in the last year, but what would i look for(besides snake bites)? Couldn't find any wounds or blood on them. Some folks are saying I will never know.
I appreciate all the help.

 

[steph0601]

Im in Woodstock ga, I have 15hens and one roo. I am looking to rehome him. He is a black ameraucana. I bought him in Thomasville from Thechickinnkeeper. (he has a great set up if you are looking for specific breeds). He is 21 weeks old, not aggressive just hard to catch. He does a great job of looking after his girls, only problem is we can't have him in our neighborhood I am going to miss him, hoping someone is looking for a pure breed ameraucana for there flock, and maybe I can get a baby offspring if you end up with chicks. Here is Joe. Please save him, either that or he is dinner

 

[RoboDuck]

I could almost swear someone was looking for one. Did you also post in the BST under the free section? For some unknown reason, not all of the BYC members in Georgia frequent this thread. Obviously they don't know what they're missing (me).

 

[ChickDancer]

Hi all! This is gaclucks' wife, sitting in for him while he's at work. We had another sad day today as our little Lav Orpington pullet died suddenly.

I'm kind of freaking out and really sad. I did everything I knew to do for the Australorp, but the lav pullet was so fast I didn't have a chance to do anything. Sitting with them this morning, they were all fine. She was running around just as pleasant as she pleased, eating, drinking and all, and then a few hours later I went to check their feed she was dead already. No blood or anything.

Anyhow, when I let him know and he...asked me if I was serious...then reminded me of @Chickdancer's case. I was wondering how it was going. Have you heard anything definite back yet(from the cdc was it?)?
Where would we send our chickens to for testing and how much does it cost?

Sorry to be such a noob, I just feel so helpless. As far as I know we have given them everything they need. Even fermenting their feed and sprouting their grains.

IDK, it's only been just over a week and we've already lost 2/9. I want to be a good chicken mama, don't want em to suffer b/c I'm not getting something right.

Can't figure out how to address people directly. The @ isn't working. Skimmed the thread and wanted to add that I'm glad things are better for you, Chickdancer. Good luck in the future! This chicken thing is a little more complicated than I had hoped.

It's only complicating when they start to die, and we can't figure out why.

The name of the place is the Georgia Poultry Lab. Go to their website HERE and find the location closest to you. Then you can email the veterinarian in charge of that location and ask them how you would go about submitting a bird for necropsy. Diagnostic necropsies are no charge. It will only cost you the postage to send it in. If you live close enough to any location though, they may let you just bring it by.

But I am STILL waiting on results from mine, and I sent five dead chicks in on May 22nd. I emailed him today to ask for an update, but haven't received a response yet.

 

[Flowerbh]

Ok. I looked up sudden death in chickens. Aside from egg bound, or Merkes disease, many chickens die of heart failure. Even young ones. One website said that feeding them the wrong food (with too much or not enough protein) can make them grow too fast. Causes all sorts of problems!

 

[ChickDancer]

By the way, put the corpses in zip-loc bags in the freezer in the meantime to preserve them for the lab while you wait on information.

 

[RoboDuck]

Really? I would trade all of GAM's chickens for some Pilgrim Geese and I run across this..... Do you suppose we can set up a railroad that would get them here?

http://oregoncoast.craigslist.org/grd/4465842692.html