chris_21 Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 (edited) hi there i have a big problem on my hands and i don't know what to do basicly i got up this morning and checked my chickens and in one of the chicken sheds where my pekin's and polands are i walked in and found 4 of them dead it was quiet hard for me to deal with i carn't understand why they have died i check them over and a couple of them had lice i carn't understand what they have died of. Can lice kill chickens? well anyway i got them all out and sprayed the whole area in poultry houseing spray and i put that lice powder stuff on the chickens now i don't want any of the other one's to die i actully have butterflys in my stomach. the one's that died was a lavender pekin a chamois poland, frizzle gold laced poland and a black pekin. the lavender pekin looked a bit under the weather yesterday but i just thought she was cold with all the stong winds we had now the cockeral and her sister look all unhappy with out her. Is there any thing else they could of died of and is there anything else i can do. thanks. Edited November 15, 2010 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 So sorry, how terrible for you. I don't know if lice would kill so many at same time I'd check out their quarters for red mite as well. With them all dying at once I wonder if it was too cold for them? Polands aren't that tough but I thought Pekins were quite hardy Is there any problems with droppings. Check the others for weight loss and signs of respiratory infections etc., Would it be worth having a vet look at them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chick wiggle Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 Im so sorry, how awful for you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_21 Posted November 12, 2010 Author Share Posted November 12, 2010 hi thanks for the reply i did check for red mite and couldn't find one single red mite i did notice one chicken dropping that had a bit of blood in it but it was the only one i do keep a record of all my chickens weight non of them have lost any if anything they have put on weight it's just strange how they all died over night i did ring a friend of mine today and he came and inspected them and said there is nothing visable wrong with them but he said it could be stress if a fox tried to get in but we shell never know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abwsco Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 How awful for you Could be worth having a vet do a PM incase it's something that could affect your others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_21 Posted November 12, 2010 Author Share Posted November 12, 2010 i'll try and get a vet out in the morning should i ring my local vet or someone that only deals in chickens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 I think it's worth starting with your local vet. They could always point you in the direction of an expert if they can't help. I hope you get to the bottom of it. It's a horrible thing to have happened . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 How awful for you. Sorry to hear it. I too would ask a vet to do a PM. It could be poisoning as so many died overnight? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coco Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 So sorry for your loss, it must be awful for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy-Deb Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 I am too new to chicken keeping to even know what could have happened. I just wanted to say I am so very sorry for you loss. and hope you get some answers. Thinking of you. xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 You mention that one chicken had a bit of blood in it. Any blood in their droppings? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerlady Posted November 13, 2010 Share Posted November 13, 2010 So sorry, hope you get to the bottom of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CluckyBucks Posted November 13, 2010 Share Posted November 13, 2010 My goodness, how terrible You have my deepest sympathies. I would get an expert opinion in the form of a PM because it could be something that could potentially harm your other chickens. Thinking of you. xx xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_21 Posted November 15, 2010 Author Share Posted November 15, 2010 well a very close friend of mine who is a vet came round today and checked the dead chickens out and he said they got pneumonia which all works out as the day before they passed away they was out in the wet and cold weather all day as they are the youngest chickens i have they were about 16 weeks old it didn't cross my mind to pop a couple of heat lamps in there to dry them off and to keep them warm now i feel so guilty as it's mainly my faulty why they died. well now in the shed is a couple of heat lamps and the rest of my pekins and my young polands will stay in the shed all winter now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted November 15, 2010 Share Posted November 15, 2010 Must have been so very hard for you to hear that. Glad the others are ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted November 15, 2010 Share Posted November 15, 2010 What a shame but at least you know what it was and that you can do something to prevent it happening again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
