JMUrbon
984 posts
Mar 15, 2010
8:14 PM
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Paratyphoid. Will often cause the young to dye in the egg or while hatching. If they make it out they rarely make it out of the nest. You can try medicating but chances are your hen is a carrier. Run both parents on some Baytril and seperate them for a week or two. Also run them on some type of pro vital healthy bacteria after the Baytril. This is all subject to whether the pair is worth it to you. Otherwise remove them from your stock. Joe
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A Proven Family of Spinners
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Last Edited by on Mar 15, 2010 8:16 PM
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jerrylynn
65 posts
Mar 15, 2010
8:21 PM
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I had experienced this on a few instances and was told to add a couple of drops of iodine to the water but that was back several years ago maybe some other treatment for it now. Pick the shell back enough to get the birds head out of the shell and they will do the rest they will usually do ok. Jerry
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jerrylynn
66 posts
Mar 15, 2010
8:22 PM
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If that you feed pellets they are messy but usually have all of the minerals they need during the breeding season.
Jerry
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Squabby*32
244 posts
Mar 15, 2010
10:50 PM
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I just changed to pellets and the squeeks are doing way better than they were on grains. I will keep watching their progress. Good luck with yours.
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Leo
Member
129 posts
Mar 16, 2010
9:20 AM
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...."IODINE."......FOYS SELLS IT.....LEO
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wannaroll
170 posts
Mar 16, 2010
12:14 PM
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Like J_Star said use Amoxicillin. Each bird will need between 35 and 50 mg's a day for 10 - 14 days. You should also keep them on probiotics after they have been treated. And put 1 tbs per gallon of ACV in their water 1 or 2 times per week. Make sure you don't have a rodent problem or it could keep surfacing.
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Dave - Hesperia, CA.
(San Bernardino Mountain Spinners)
Last Edited by on Mar 16, 2010 12:34 PM
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lew3015
104 posts
Mar 16, 2010
12:26 PM
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Smallkit, Nobody has asked, are you sure that the parent birds are staying on the eggs, if they get off and stay off the chick will get cold and die, while still in the shell, make sure the eggs stay warm. Are the parent birds young and inexperienced, sometimes young birds will get off the eggs allowing the chicks to die. It may be that you don't need any medicine, just warmer weather.
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Lew
Last Edited by on Mar 16, 2010 12:28 PM
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PR_rollers
GOLD MEMBER
3596 posts
Mar 17, 2010
5:34 AM
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I learn long ago let nature takes its cause if they too weak to hatch out I let them cull themself without interfering.if you have to give all of this med then obviously the parent are carriers and the youngs might be also.if they do that again after you treat them cull them out of the breeding loft..you might say but they came out fine but in a couple of years you see it again..I let nature take its cause..
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Ralph.
Pigeons are not our whole life, but they damn sure make our lives whole!" ~
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Roll Down
95 posts
Mar 17, 2010
9:52 AM
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small kit:
I have to agree with jerrylyn and Leo on using iodine in the drinking water.
I use just a couple of drops ( of ordinary over the counter iodine )in a two and one half gallon drinker.
Great for increasing the hatch rate and it also helps to keep bacteria from forming in the water.
Caution -- DONT OVERDO IT THOUGH, no more than a couple of drops, as too much iodine will do more harm than good.
I would personally try this first before resorting to using antibiotics, but I agree that all of the above posts have offered some good advice.
George D.
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TimP
206 posts
Mar 17, 2010
12:35 PM
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Just get a spray bottle with water and spray the eggs a few times (every 4th day) until they hatch. If you supply grit and oyster shell the hen might be gorgeing on it, this causes the eggs to be harder(extra calcium)than normal, spraying them with the water helps soften them up so the squeaker can get out.
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JMUrbon
988 posts
Mar 17, 2010
7:56 PM
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Very good info Bill. I have always been told paratyphoid would cause the young to die during hatching or shortly there after. Joe
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smallkit
12 posts
Mar 17, 2010
10:02 PM
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THanks for all the good and helpful info.
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