My chickens keep dying and I’m not sure what’s wrong.

[Moemybaby327]

I really need help. We had about 32 chickens and they are all fullbred but lots of different breeds. Ages also range. It started in the spring when we bought 6 new pullets. We got them from a “reputable chicken breeder”. When we got the pullets two seemed sickly and so I took them to the vet. They were hunched over and not really eating drinking. He found mites and we treated those. He also started antibiotics and did a fecal sample. Both of them died. At this point they had all been quarantined from our adult flock. I waited for weeks to make sure the other 4 were fine and then introduced everybody. Like a month later one of our roasters started acting like the 2 pullets did so I separated him. I gave him vitamins and ACV, and some herbs. All suggestions from a friend. He died. Now one month later our favorite chicken was standing still in the fence all hunched over. She looked the exact same as the others. The only thing I noticed that was different was that she had green poop and her comb was pail. I immediately started googling things and was trying everything and she just kept getting sicker and sicker. I couldn’t get her into a vet quickly plus the vet we saw before was useless. We don’t have a good avian vet here. Finally I saw on here how to treat coccidiosis but it was too late. She died yesterday. She was a Colombian Wyandotte and she was 2 years old. We loved her so much. my question is how do I know if it was coccidiosis or if maybe she had other parasites? Do I need to treat everyone? And what do I treat them for?? Besides this disease that keeps killing our chickens our neighbors dog killed 5 of our other chickens. I am so sad and don’t know how to save the rest of our chickens. Thank you.

 

[The Coop Crew]

I am so sorry
You could treat all of them with Corid to be safe and it won’t hurt them.

 

[nuthatched]

Get some corid and dose them, asap.

 

[Moemybaby327]

I have some that I picked up yesterday. I have one 5 gallon waterer and then several 1 gallon drinkers. Should I still change the water daily? Just add the medicine to it or just let them empty it first? I know you only do that for 5 days. I am sorry for all the questions. We have had chickens for 2 years but have never had a sick chicken before. They’ve been happy and healthy until buying from the chicken man as he calls himself.

 

[FrostRanger]

If you lose another bird, refrigerate the body (don't freeze) and contact your state's poultry extension about arranging for a necropsy. That'll tell you for sure what's killing your birds

 

[Rebechenson75]

I can't help. I am here to offer hugs and comfort. My birds are like my babies. It would hurt me to lose any of them. My heart goes out to you.

 

[Moemybaby327]

I can't help. I am here to offer hugs and comfort. My birds are like my babies. It would hurt me to lose any of them. My heart goes out to you.

Thank you!

 

[LoveChickens27]

Have you thought about it being Mareks disease?
You could research it, Chickenlandia has 2 videos on it...... if you are interested in that. I hope this helps... I am so sorry!

 

[Eggcessive]

Sorry for all of the losses. It can be a risk to a healthy flock to bring in new birds from other people. I don’t buy from other people because they may not be honest. Since some had mites when you got them, did you treat them with permethrin or Elector PSP? Mites cause anemia and can kill them. Coccidiosis might be possible with grown birds if they move to a new home with different strains of coccidia. By all means if you lose another chicken, keep the body cold, not frozen, and send it to your state vet for a necropsy and testing. Cost varies from state to state. What state are you in? Here is a list of state vet labs to discuss this:
https://www.metzerfarms.com/poultry-labs.html

 

[Moemybaby327]

Sorry for all of the losses. It can be a risk to a healthy flock to bring in new birds from other people. I don’t buy from other people because they may not be honest. Since some had mites when you got them, did you treat them with permethrin or Elector PSP? Mites cause anemia and can kill them. Coccidiosis might be possible with grown birds if they move to a new home with different strains of coccidia. By all means if you lose another chicken, keep the body cold, not frozen, and send it to your state vet for a necropsy and testing. Cost varies from state to state. What state are you in? Here is a list of state vet labs to discuss this:
https://www.metzerfarms.com/poultry-labs.html

Yes, I treated with elector PSP and check them regularly now for mites and we haven’t had any issues with that further. I ended up with two more sick chickens, that had the same symptoms as the previous ones, and they got better with the coccidiasis treatment. Everyone has been fine until this morning. We found another sick chicken but she has different symptoms! She is having a hard time standing and is breathing heavily with her beak open. Do you know what the problem could be??