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D C T --friendly poultry orthopedist
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Date Posted: 08:27:09 07/20/07 Fri
In reply to:
Karen Pavlock
's message, "Month old chicks found dead" on 07:48:20 07/20/07 Fri
>I hatched peachicks in an incubator in my home. Keep
>them in a cardboard box lined with shelf material.
>After six week I put them in a wire cage also in my
>home. Chicks were in wire cage over 2 weeks. Came
>home from work and all 3 laid dead in cage. What
>could of caused there deaths????
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one possible cause could be coccidiosis....
I feed an ordinary chick starter medicated with Amprolium
to prevent this.
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The state of Georgia, USA, has poultry labs that are free
to residents. Dead poultry can be taken or even mailed to
lab for examination. Check and see if your state has any
poultry labs. Or a veterinarian could do examination if
paid to do it.
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some years back I had two precious green peachicks that I
thought were safe in box in my rec room. One was very
suddenly dead and the other was saved by quickly treating
with Sulmet (for coccidiosis)
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