I had two rooster's die. I had just got them could this be from stress. They look very good when i got them they was not sick. The two hens i got with them are fine.What could this be.
Stan,
They where fine one day and the next day they acting sick. They was slow acting laying on sides could not get up and walk. They where up in a pen did not look at dropping, I have had three others to die in the last month in the same way. I thought it was from stress because i had just got them to,But now i don't know.
Stan,
Thank's Stan
By Anonymous on Sunday, February 21, 1999 - 10:42 am:
A little more information is needed. How where they acting before they died? Where they eating all right?
wher there dropping lose or runny? Or what?
By Shoulder on Sunday, February 21, 1999 - 10:43 pm:
The rest of my flock is ok i have tham for long time.
They had no energy at all , They had been eating the day before they got sick.I went out to fill the feeders
up they was almost out of food so they had been eating the day before and they had been drinking water so i don't know what it is.
Thanks Stan
By Anonymous on Monday, February 22, 1999 - 10:25 am:
Do you have a rodent problem(mice)?
Could have been caused by ingesting mouse dropings, but I rather think it sounds like Botulisem.
Botulisum, or Limber neck as it is also known, is caused by the bird eating food containing toxins caused by the germ know as Clostridium Botulinum. This is the organisum that produces botulism in home caned foods that have not been properly sterilized.
Limber neck symptoms will start showing up in just a few hours after the bird has eaten spoiled foods, decaying meat or maggots containing the botulism toxin.