WHY are they dying?

[Hannah90]

Help!

1.5 weeks ago I bought six adult birds. 2 cherry eggers, two araucana and two dark brahmas. Before the week was out the rooster araucana died. His only symptoms were lethargy. I saw him just standing out in the yard with his wings drooped down to the ground. He had no drainage, no rattly breathing, no coughing or sneezing. I fruitlessly tried to give him ACV. This morning I lost one of the cherry eggers and now another is going out. I can tell she'll be gone by tomorrow. Just standing in one spot, wings drooped down to the ground. What do I do? What am I dealing with? The dark Brahmas seem ok, but the other araucana is acting slow now as well. Please help! What can I do to save them? What do they have?

[praieri winds]

we had some chicks do this and the only thing that seemed to help at all was disolving amoxicillen 250mg in one gal of water need to keepit up for 3 days we still lost a bunch seems to have run its rought now tho had to be in the air because some in a totaly different pen started dying also

[Hannah90]

I haven't seen any bloody poo, but I'm starting to suspect cocci. These are 3-4 month old birds. All the side effects of cocci w/o proof of bloody poo. I am going to dose with corid, and PRAY that it helps. Also going to clean and disinfect the chicken coop and make sure everyone is getting the proper dose of corid. UGH. I've never had a problem with cocci. These seem to have had it before they came here. Can they give it to my other chickens?