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My chickens sometimes go for mash and sometimes they turn up their nose at it and only peck at it at best, so it's a bit unreliable. They will always go for a piece of bread though as it is a rare treat (unlike mash, which they get almost daily).

Great! Yes, I think they would eat it. I can always add a few drops of olive oil or something to make it more appealing.

Thanks! I've actually looked at this article but I don't think I'm there yet, in terms of being able to do this safely by myself. What do you think about putting the medication on bread? I'd be using solution prepared per your instructions, not the dry powder.

Thank you, good idea! I'll think about it. I've never given meds orally before via a syringe, and with 15 mostly skittish chickens, I'm not sure how well it would go. More than anything, I'm afraid of inadvertently getting the liquid down their trachea and causing death or pneumonia. I might...

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How quickly can we expect to see improvement with Corid/amprolium? We are on Day 4 of the five-day treatment course and still seeing a lot of mucus-y poop. Also, we've got snow on the ground and our chickens are eating it. I worry that it will reduce the amount of amprolium they ingest as they...