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    2 day old chicks dying. help plz!

    I ended up losing 4 of 7 chicks. As soon as I started treating for Cocci the rest of them were fine. I'm on day 4 of treatment now and everything looks good. Thank you for pointing out that the medicated feed doesn't prevent Cocci. I never would have looked for those symptoms without you advice!
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    Misinformation regarding medicated starter feed

    Thank you for this info. I WAS lulled into thinking I was protected by feeding them medicated food so I didn't even look at the possibility. If I had I may have been able to save 3 chicks today. I live in the boondocks and will make the trip to town tomorrow for the Corid. I would have had it on...
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    2 day old chicks dying. help plz!

    I have a new one sick tonight. It was perfectly healthy this afternoon. OK I wasn't even looking at the possibility of Coccidiosis since I have been feeding them medicated food from the start. Where would this come from? I have no other chickens around, I wash everything. Well I don't know what...
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    2 day old chicks dying. help plz!

    i didn't do the duramycin until after two had died. i told the feed store guy what happened and he said whenever they get their chicks in the give them duramycin in the water the first week they have them and have only lost 5 chicks in 5 years so I went with what he said. they were eating and...
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    2 day old chicks dying. help plz!

    i typed out a whole thing but it said it went to the moderator. ughhh They eat and drink fine up to 2 hours before yhey die. i gave them electrolytes and then put in the duramycin on advice of the local feed store. i can't tell what the temp is under the brinsea. according to their site it is...
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    2 day old chicks dying. help plz!

    everyone was eating and drinking fine. i had put electrolytes in but on advice of the feed store put the duramycine in. i cant tell what the temp oif the brooder is. this is what the brinsea directions say ... "Because the heat from the black underside of the EcoGlow is largely radiant...
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    2 day old chicks dying. help plz!

    they are 2 days old and are under the brinsea eco brooder in a 70 degree room
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    2 day old chicks dying. help plz!

    Well this morning I lost 2 chicks. They were fine and then within 2 hours they were gone. I have a 3rd I’m holding and giving duramycin with an eye drppoer. The only symptom I can see is yellow kind of mucous poop right when they get sick. I’ve put duramycin in the drinking water for the rest of...
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