Yes, my 4 month old are in the coop and have access to the ground/dirt. And I brought the new chicks home about 2 weeks ago as week olds. Again, the chicks are inside in a brooder and the chickens are outside in a coop. They were not together ever but being Fl it has been in the 70's past few...
Yes, my 4 months old have been here since hatching and have been in their coop for 2-3 months and before that in the brooder. This is hitting them very quick. Yesterday everyone was fine in the am and one was dead by the evening(talking about the older guys). But everyone else looked really good...
Well more bad news. My chickens that were no where near my brooder where the sick chickens are now sick. All of them. So this is very contagious and can be transmitted by not washing your hands when touching one chicken to the next I am assuming. Thats the only way mine caught this. None could...
I lost another three yesterday. For a total of 5. I have four left that are doing very well and so far look great. No diarrhea or bloody poop. I used the Corid and cleaned the poop out of the pen about every two hours. Hopefully we are on our way to recovery. None of my other animals are sick...
I am new to chickens and have learned the hard way about Coccidiosis. I have lost three chicks all ready and need help to prevent losing any more. They have the bloody looking diarrhea so I suspect Coccidiosis. Will regular medicated chick feed work or do I need a stronger antibiotic and if so...