Lnzobry Sylaz
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My chicks are highly dying by rotating their heads for some days. They have problems in walking and they don't don't eat completely. I need your help.
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Poultry Death in chicks
- Thread starter Lnzobry Sylaz
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nedward
Veterinarian
Well nervous signs (circling) could be as a result of several diseases (differentials) ranging from nutritional deficiency, neural mareks, Newcastle diseases, botulism, fungal poisoning(aspergillums). That not with standing each has cardinal signs eg. Newcastle is accompanied by greenish watery diarrhea and mortalities 100%, mareks rarely affects young chicks and if it does the chicks die in hurdlers posture (like they are jumping over hurdles leg stretched behind and the other in front, fungal poisoning however has the birds moving reverse with head twisted back mortalities very high. Vitamin E deficiency too has circling signs and so is B. Those giving their birds medicated water always experience vitamin deficiencies as it interferes with vitamin absorption. Kindly confirm which combination describes your condition, but narrow down to either Newcastle if greenish watery diarrhea ,which unfortunately has high mortalities (no treatment, or vitamins deficiencies which you can correct by adding chick formula. N/B your feed too might be contaminated (aflatoxin) hence consider having samples tested should your find it economical to do so. Kindly let me know other signs apart from circling and high mortality. Sorry for the loss so far.