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Thanks, I am just treating 3 chicks so I took your suggestion to mix tylan liquid dose in egg & yogurt which they will eat. Spoke with Kathy/ casportspony & she figured the right dose for me. She says for NE it is 110mg/kg/day or 0.22ml/100gms/day usually split in 2 doses.

Thanks for the fast response. The Vet tech suggest doing the Tylan treatment first to combat the loose, bloody stools since the coccidia load was low. Then followup with a course of Corid. This will be 3rd or 4th round of Corid which I would think is excessive, but I do live in hot...

Just got back from Vets office that ran a fecal on my chicks (11 wks old) with bloody poop. They still saw coccidia, not a heavy load but the Vet wanted to treat for colitis. I've already treated with Corid 3 -4 times so I was surprised at still seeing coccidia. They said to get Tylan powder...

The symptoms of the other chicks were listless, not eating or drinking, the beaks looked pale, no pink to them. These 3 chicks have beaks that are pink especially at the base. I only kept the chicks on the medicated feed because someone on BYC suggested doing so. I am too new at this to...

I am a newbie to raising chickens. History: I have BO chicks now 11 wks old I've had since a few days old. On medicated feed from the start. Lost one chick at 3 wks & went on BYC & consensus was coccidia. First treatment was with Sulmet because it was all I could find at the time. A...

Thanks so much for all the great advice. I especially like to try natural preventatives & made a list of all those you suggest for reference. I found a 14 Fr suction catheter I converted for a feeding tube & have tubed the sick chick 4 times now. If I sit & place her beak in food bowl & water...

Sorry it took so long to reply Mrs. Bach Bach, I have been talking to Kathy & running all over trying to find the tiny gauge needles & anything I could find to make a crop tube to give her fluids. She still refused to eat or drink so I've had to give fluids by dropper. No luck on a crop...

Sorry for not being clear. The chicks are all 10 wks old now. Just meant the first to die was at 3 wks of age. The next to die at 8 wks of age. I moved them from the inside brooder to an outside coop at 5 wks of age. Hope this clarifies. I will definitely look at the ventilation issue.

Thank you for your response. It has been hot, humid, rain almost daily for most of the summer. In fact last night was the first cool night (low 70's) & oddly enough seemed to be stressful for this chick. I'm sure the weather hasn't helped. Their coop has a small screened window about 12...

I live in a relatively large city (Jacksonville, FL) & all the Vets I have phoned do not treat chickens. I was referred to an exotic bird Vet across town that the receptionist said they usually didn't do chickens & plus sounded pretty pricey. Any of the Flock Masters in this area, who do...

I bought a scale at Walmart, it wasn't digital, just a dial. By this scale the little sick one was a little over 200 gms. Probably starting to get dehydrated. Since I gave her 0.18cc last night I let that be a once a day dose & will give 0.14 cc after 24 hrs. for a second dose or try to...

I will visit Walmart tomorrow for a kitchen scale!! Thanks bunches. P.S. My husband says we will probably break even on the cost of these chicks in year 2020! Whatever, these girls love to be held & petted, come running when they see me vying for attention. Eggs will just be a bonus...

Thank you everyone for the quick responses. I have already rethought my idea to just treat the one chick since at 8 wks old, even though acting sick she keeps flying out of the box that I was trying to keep her in inside the house & constantly cheeping. She missed her sisters! I started...

I read once in a thread that you could give concentrated Corid for a sick chick & how to mix the powder to make a concentrate. I only want to do this if it is safe. I have this one poor chick that I treated for coccidia at 3 wks of age, listless, not eating & drinking. The first time I...

I'm very new at this. I started with 5 Jersey gaint/ game hen mix straight run chicks, that I traded out the 3 roosters ( don't want roos ) for some B.O. chicks. The 2 Jersey gaint hens are about 4 months old but almost the size of most adult chickens I have seen. They aren't aggressive ...

Thanks for all the good support & advice. I was unable to get Corid, everywhere I went was out, but a feed store did have Sulmet which they recommended. I wanted to give something as soon as possible so Sulmet it was. I started medication Saturday afternoon. The sick chick would eat a...

I have 6 buff orphs from local breeder who got from a hatchery, suppose to be all females. About 3 weeks old. I have been giving medicated starter feeder. I lost the runt who was always much smaller a couple of days ago (listless, not eating, not drinking). Now I have a second one doing...