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post #11 of 14
4/10/12 at 3:37am
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Originally Posted by scamperwillow View Post

One of our chicks just tested positive for giardia - 5 weeks old.  Have only had tap water......  Vet prescribed flagyl - very expensive!

 

Now I am sick with intestinal symptoms and really wondering if I could have it!

It's possible. I recommend having your water tested by city or county officials where you live. I'm on well water. When I first get up in the mornings, I let the water run in the kitchen sink for a few minutes to flush out the system from sitting in pipes overnight.

You can order Fishzole (250mg) online which contains metronidazole, same thing a flagyl.... much cheaper and you dont need a prescription.

As for yourself, you might want to make a doctors appointment.

 


Edited by dawg53 - 4/10/12 at 3:40am


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post #12 of 14
4/19/12 at 4:41pm

I hope you are doing better?  How are the chicks doing?  Where are you?  I thought giardia was not in well water, yet?

I'm the Chick, Dad is the Smokin(BBQ that is).
Getting eggs. I'm really digging this chicken thing!  3 Red Sex-Links, 4 Ameraucanas, 2 BO, 2 SLW, 2 Austrolorps,  Beagle, Cat, Chinchillas and Sugar Gliders.

 

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I'm the Chick, Dad is the Smokin(BBQ that is).
Getting eggs. I'm really digging this chicken thing!  3 Red Sex-Links, 4 Ameraucanas, 2 BO, 2 SLW, 2 Austrolorps,  Beagle, Cat, Chinchillas and Sugar Gliders.

 

26 CX Chilling in camp!

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post #13 of 14
4/20/12 at 1:00pm

I'm all better - it turned out to be a stomach flu - weird timing...

The chicks seem fine - we gave them all flagyl for several days.  We are not on well water - we are on city water - so the 2 or 3 day chicks must have had it when we got them.  Everyone seems happy and healthy now though.....

 

Oh, and I am in Sonoma County, CA

Backyard chickens in Sebastopol, CA.  Two white silkie boys that need a home.  19 chickens altogether all too young to lay.  Eagerly awaiting our first egg!

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Backyard chickens in Sebastopol, CA.  Two white silkie boys that need a home.  19 chickens altogether all too young to lay.  Eagerly awaiting our first egg!

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post #14 of 14
6/10/12 at 2:35pm

we live in mexico and i assumed our testing positive for giardia ourselves was due to poor hygiene in the community (i.e. from food poisoning eating out type transmission, there's a higher incidence rate in developing countries), and i didn't know that giardia cysts could travel on the wind as well as waterborne...but now after some investigation i see we're going to have to get testing for our chickens and some cows on the property...anyone else experiencing stomach cramps or diarrhea that suspects this microbe should definitely get a stool sample. flagyl is not fun to take.

Proud owner of 4 Mexican varieties of layers (approx. 13 adults), 2 nesting female turkeys, and some new arrivals hatching as we speak!
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Proud owner of 4 Mexican varieties of layers (approx. 13 adults), 2 nesting female turkeys, and some new arrivals hatching as we speak!
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