At the end of an entire day on medicated water, Cinnamon now has completely normal poops, and Lacey's poop just has a few streaks of red in it. The others are still perfectly fine.
I had no idea it worked so quickly!
I've just got back from the store and they're happily drinking their medicated water. The store guy suggested I treat them for only 2 days, then wait a week, then treat another 2 days.... something about building up their immunity rather than killing all the cocci strains that are present. The...
Would they look sick otherwise? The one who left the latest "gift" is sitting here chirping up a storm and moving about quite happily.
She just pooped again, but on a hard surface so it shows the blood better I think.
They're only eating chick crumble... it came with the package. They're only a few days old still (Maybe 3 - 5 ish?) so I haven't had them outside or offered anything else yet.
Will try and get a pic... any excuse to give one a cuddle
OK, I just checked and I can get the Amprolium at our local produce store for about $25 (for 100g).
The food that came with the chicks as part of the starter package I bought is not medicated, so maybe I should pick up some medicated feed while I'm out?
One thing I didn't think about until...
I've just changed out all their bedding , and it was bone dry. No poop in the feeder or waterer either (must be the world's cleanest chicks - I was expecting to have to clean these out several times a day!).
I have no idea what we use here for medicating them so I'll have to contact the store...
Two of our newbies have quite bloody poops today.
I read about coccoidosis etc but it's late here and I can't get anything tonight. I have some ACV in the cupboard, but not the organic stuff, and the waterer is only a small one (2 cups capacity). Can anyone advise whether it's worth adding...