Recent content by NwChickOwner

I had not thought about that but you're right, two different approaches. I do have Corid on hand now. Thank you!

Thank you for your response. It is nice to know that someone else had similar concerns. I'm sorry you also had to go through it though! I think I will wait on the dust until 5 weeks also.

In December we had a less than year-old bird die. The flock had coccidiosis but not a heavy load, so we treated her for that but she never got better and died (possible Mareks or head trauma - avian vet gave no definitve diagnosis). We are getting baby chicks in June. Since whatever that...

We are only seven months in and it has been rough! Apparently the business we bought them from doesn’t have the healthiest chickens so one died a few months ago unexpectedly and now this one is sick and we don’t know for sure what’s happening. The avian vet charges a normal office fee. In our...

Oh gosh, I’m sorry! The day we found her just laying down in the coop, we took her to an avian vet, luckily we have one nearby. But even she is confused about what is going on. Chickens don’t make it easy on us, even for the avian vets!

I’m glad they’re better now. Thanks for responding! Did any of yours go down?

Do you remember about how long after the sulfa drugs the chickens started feeling better? Mine still hasn’t stood up. She tries when I help her but she’s really weak still.

Thanks so much. It’s tough and all the tube feeding and physical therapy is emotionally draining. I’ll finish out her round of medication at least and then reevaluate. That was very helpful to me that you said that, thanks again!

Saturday, so today is day number 5. It’s being given every 12 hours. She has had nine doses so far.

Based on that treatment, do you think she should already be improving? How long would you tube feed before euthanizing her with the assumption it is Marek's. If that happens, we need to plan it to be able to send her to the state lab for a definitive answer.

A sulfa drug was prescribed every 12 hours for 7 days. The vet had me add it to her tube feeding. She said that was the strongest because that chicken is so sick. She said to use Corid on the others since they seem to be okay. Marek's is what I'm scared of because if it is Marek's, I don't...

Thank you for this! The flock is acting normal but this one girl is not. She is not drinking or eating on her own, just the tube feeding. She wan't given Corid, she was given a stronger sulfa medication, I don't recal the name of it. It is prescribed every 12 hours for 7 days. The vet said...

I previously posted about a chicken that went down last Thursday. The vet was concerned about worms, coccidiosis, and she never excludes Mareks. She immediately began treatment for worms and antibiotics because the vet knew of the farm we got them from and said she had seen parasites in their...

She said the sick chicken was already dewormed and she wants the flock treated with the Corid before she treats the nematode because the nematode levels were very low. The sick chicken still isn't improving. We may have to euthanize her, we don't know if we are just torturing her keeping her...

Vet just called. Flock was positive for coccidiosis and a nematode. She wants us to treat the coccidiosis with corid for the flock. The sick chicken is still not walking. The vet said to give her a few days but she thought we should already see improvement if the parasites were the only...