She is eating on her own, although when she stands up she still teeters around a bit like she is having trouble balancing. But this is a HUGE improvement over yesterday when she couldn't stand up at all nor could she even lift her head up. So hopefully she is getting better.
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Sulfamethazine sodium (sulmet), even though it is a antibiotic, will still kill coccoides. (hopefully quickly)
It is used to treat bacterial pneumonia, bacterial scours, E. coli infections, Diphtheria, streptococcus infections, cholera....
but it also works on Eimeria tenella and...
At the moment, yes, all the other chicks are just fine, although they are all going to get a dose of Sulmet. Even my idiot dog is getting treated as she likes to eat the chicken poop. BLAH!
No, it is the only drug listed, although I do have some medicated grower crumbles that contains Bacitracin.
I did start the chick on Sulmet which is Sulfamethazine Sodium, hopefully the coccoides won't be resistant to that too.
I have a 3-4 week old black bantam cochin hen. She started acting listless about 2 days ago, and this morning we saw a lot of blood in her stool. The most obvious diagnosis is cecal coccoides. We couldn't acquire antibiotics until late this evening, but in the meantime, we have been force...