Runny Poo in 6 day old chicks

[BrahmasMama02]

I have lost 2 chicks out of 26 in the past week. The first chick passed from pasty butt. The second I do not know what ! She died this morning after acting lethargic and week the past couple of days. She had runny poop… tried everything to save her but she didn’t pull through. I still have a couple chicks who are acting “off”. Past few days I’ve been checking the chicks every night. I have approximately three booties to clean a night because of pasties. (Brooder is not to warm ). More chicks have runny stools and are acting extra tired. Lots of laying down … seldom worried about eating. Skinny babies

Isn’t this too early to worry about coccidius? The food they are on is also a preventative so…

I ended up putting the 24 chicks in the one brooder after the second chick died this morning. I wanted them all under the light because it was doing better temperature wise. I have also added another small feeder to the brooder.

(I know it isn’t a lot of space for growing chicks but this set up is the best I got for one more week until they have more feathers so the hot plate will be more reliable)

HELP ME

 

[azygous]

Take the temperature on the floor of the brooder directly under the lamp. Then take the temp again at the farthest point from the lamp footprint. Please tell us what they read.

What are you feeding? Including treats.

 

[azygous]

When you do check the temperature, it should not be over 90F the first week. If the chicks are indoors and it's 70F, the brooder doesn't need to be 90F. 80F is plenty. The reason is that indoor temps cause chicks to lose body heat much slower than chicks brooded outdoors. An over heated brooder can cause many adverse symptoms, dehydration and death. The warmest part of the brooder should be right under the lamp. The rest of the brooder should be cool. As a comparison, chicks brooded outdoors have a warm place, but the rest of the brooder can be as cool as 50F. Sometimes even cooler. Chicks are able to handle very cool temps as long as they have a warm up spot.

What kind of shavings are you using? Pine? or something else?

 

[azygous]

Shipping stress does take a toll. Warm sugar water and some chicken vitamins usually cures that unless the weather was very cold and chicks on the perimeter got irreversibly chilled.

 

[azygous]

It doesn't matter. But no extra B vitamins must be given during treatment. Corid is a thiamine blocker, what coccidia thrive on.

 

[BrahmasMama02]

They’ve been switched to bottled water since last night and I went ahead and picked up Corid and a higher caliber of feed Purina medicated . Which is compatible with corid in small doses . Hopefully I can reverse some of the damage done

 

[BrahmasMama02]

Active babies vs not so active babies

 

[BrahmasMama02]

 

[azygous]

Pine should be safe. I'm sorry I can't think of anything else that could be sickening your chicks. Do get another thermometer and check the brooder temps. It's the only think I can think of that could cause all the symptoms.

 

[BrahmasMama02]

Pine should be safe. I'm sorry I can't think of anything else that could be sickening your chicks. Do get another thermometer and check the brooder temps. It's the only think I can think of that could cause all the symptoms.

Will do! A theory I have is that they are a little screwy because of their shipment from IOWA to VIRGINIA....but idek