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1997-12-01 13:52:46-06 |
heli@mail.telepac.pt
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Besides yolk-sack infections of chicks up to 16 days, impaction with sand, stones or even leaves from olive trees are a main cause of loosing chicks. Especially after days of bad weather with lots of rain and wind, we find former good chicks suddenly weak, with stomachs full of undigestible objects, dying quickly after showing the first signs. I`m quite certain that the main reason is stress due to the bad weather. Does anybody know how these animals can be saved. Is surgery a reliable method with realistic chances? And how is it performed?
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Re: impaction |
1998-03-20 23:24:10-06 |
jomarjo@rightathome.com
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In Reply to: impaction posted by Tanana-Portugal on 01 December 1997 at 13:52:46:
: Besides yolk-sack infections of chicks up to 16 days, impaction with sand, stones or even leaves from olive trees are a main cause of loosing chicks. Especially after days of bad weather with lots of rain and wind, we find former good chicks suddenly weak, with stomachs full of undigestible objects, dying quickly after showing the first signs. : I`m quite certain that the main reason is stress due to the bad weather. : Does anybody know how these animals can be saved. Is surgery a reliable method with realistic chances? And how is it performed? :
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Re: impaction |
1998-03-20 23:50:32-06 |
jomarjo@rightathome.com
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In Reply to: impaction posted by Tanana-Portugal on 01 December 1997 at 13:52:46:
I had similiar problems my first year of hatching chicks with as many as 75 out of 100 dying at around 14 to 21 days.Everyone I talked with had a theory of why this was happening.We tried just about everything and nothing worked.I learned one thing for sure that first year,don't waste your money on a vet!And don't dig a hole every time a bird dies.Put them in a freezer and just dig one big hole at the end of the season. My second year was much different and here is what we did: Puchase a tube of benaficial bacteria,(I used FAST TRACK) after the chick hatches, let him stay in the hatcher for at least two hours. Remove him from the hatcher and open his little mouth and place an amount of the paste(about the size of a pencil eraser) down his little throat. If he doesn't like it, too bad! I actually use the eraser end of a pencil to administer the paste.Next put the little trouble maker in a box about 4x4 feet. Suspend a infrared heat lamp about 2 feet from floor. (We use a rubber mat on the floor about 1/4 inch thick whichhas insulating qualitys).This next part is the most important! No matter how bad it makes you feel, do not let this guy have any food or water for the first 4 days!Repeat the fast track application on day 3 and day 5, Day five being the day you let him with the other chicks who will teach him how to eat. Make sure they always have access to a heat lamp.Contact me if you need more help.The above system worked really well. I had 70 chicks on the ground from one trio! : Besides yolk-sack infections of chicks up to 16 days, impaction with sand, stones or even leaves from olive trees are a main cause of loosing chicks. Especially after days of bad weather with lots of rain and wind, we find former good chicks suddenly weak, with stomachs full of undigestible objects, dying quickly after showing the first signs. : I`m quite certain that the main reason is stress due to the bad weather. : Does anybody know how these animals can be saved. Is surgery a reliable method with realistic chances? And how is it performed? :
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