Rabid 1,936 Posted July 7, 2016 Report Share Posted July 7, 2016 I have lost a few of this years chicks in the past couple of weeks, couldn't understand why, they are about 3 months old and healthy as anything, running with my older chooks and no problems with them, then I found one looked like it was gasping for air, it started jerking and having a seizure type of thing and seconds later it was dead, seen it happen twice now for no apparent reason, any ideas ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jok 3,035 Posted July 8, 2016 Report Share Posted July 8, 2016 Gapes. Have a Google. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stealthy1 3,964 Posted July 8, 2016 Report Share Posted July 8, 2016 Heat Stroke maybe? More so when locked in the chook house. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rabid 1,936 Posted July 8, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2016 Defo not gapes jok, I seen that plenty of times before, and they have all been wormed recently as well. Stealthy, I also had similar thoughts, but it really hasn't been that hot, and I have lots of shade in my pen, most seem to be dying during the day, mid morning, the way I saw one gasping for air it looked like heat stroke, but the whole siezures thing, I mean it was really violent, am at a loss 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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