Corid is concentrated amprolium, the same ingredient that is in medicated chick starter in a lower dose. (feed store employees are woefully uninformed about chickens so stick with BYC
) Amprolium is a thiamine blocker and that B vitamin is what the oocysts that cause cocci live on, so it starves them out and helps the chick build immunity. The dose in the starter is so low that many times, they get cocci anyway, hence, the Corid treatment.
IMPORTANT!! I see Bactine on the list--do NOT use anything with benzocaine or lidocaine in it as a pain killer! The "caine" pain killers can be fatal to birds! My Bactine has benzocaine in it so read the labels closely.
What you should not use is actually more important as what you need to keep on hand. I do not keep any antibiotics other than injectible penicillin for egg peritonitis or a bad wound, no Terramycin/Duramycin, nothing like that, just topical ointments for minor wounds.
Basically, I have alcohol, cotton balls, syringes, penicillin, antibiotic ointment, vetwrap, invermectin or Valbazen wormer, and Blue Kote. That's really about it. Not much else is needed since I will not treat respiratory illness (other than something like non contagious situational pneumonia). I use food grade Diatomaceous Earth for outside pests in nests and on the birds themselves.
IMPORTANT!! I see Bactine on the list--do NOT use anything with benzocaine or lidocaine in it as a pain killer! The "caine" pain killers can be fatal to birds! My Bactine has benzocaine in it so read the labels closely.
What you should not use is actually more important as what you need to keep on hand. I do not keep any antibiotics other than injectible penicillin for egg peritonitis or a bad wound, no Terramycin/Duramycin, nothing like that, just topical ointments for minor wounds.
Basically, I have alcohol, cotton balls, syringes, penicillin, antibiotic ointment, vetwrap, invermectin or Valbazen wormer, and Blue Kote. That's really about it. Not much else is needed since I will not treat respiratory illness (other than something like non contagious situational pneumonia). I use food grade Diatomaceous Earth for outside pests in nests and on the birds themselves.