For the benefit of anyone who can make use of this knowledge in the future, i finally found this old post by Speckled Hen.
"If your hen has cocci, Terramycin will do nothing for you, as picklebird said. You need either Corid (concentrated Amprolium) or Sulmet. Sometimes they eat something that can cause red poop that resembles blood, too. If you suspect cocci, I'd do a round of Corid ( there's a brand called Cocci-Rid that is the same thing). If it's cocci, it will fix it. If not, it wont hurt them. All that said, worms can also cause bloody poop if the load is too much for them to tolerate.
For the record, even with medicated feeds, many are experiencing cocci in their younger birds. Dont know what's up with that, but it's happening. I always have to treat for cocci now when I put youngsters on the ground. It's a pain, but cocci is everywhere, or rather the oocysts that cause it, and hard to actually avoid entirely.
Last edited by speckledhen (09/07/2008 10:11 am)
Cynthia
Mountain View Heritage Poultry
((Barred Plymouth Rocks...Blue/Black/Splash Orpingtons...Heritage Delawares))
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=43984"
I was also referred to this page,
http://www.firststatevetsupply.com/poultry-health/coccidiosis.html,
this page,
http://fowlfacts.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=medshhh&action=display&thread=152,
and this page,
http://www.chat.allotment.org.uk/index.php?topic=17568.0.
These helped me decide to go ahead and get some Corid, which cost me $21.39 for a pint at the local feed store. I've started a 5-day treatment of 1 tsp per gallon in their water.
It is now obvious which chick is actually feeling the most effects of the cocci, so i'm praying that she will drink plenty of water and get better. Hopefully i caught it soon enough. At first, i just assumed that it wasn't cocci, since i was using the medicated chick starter. But the more i've read, the more i feel like it is, and i have to do something right now.
Thank you all very much for your input.
And thank you Speckled Hen for your wonderful way of explaining things so i understand them.
Muah!
