2-3 week old chick pooing blood...

[casportpony]

So should I start to see some improvement soon? Is two days of treatment enough? It's in their water and I've seen them drink it.

Did the vet give you Baycox, a sulfa drug, amprolium, or something else?

 

[blakeee]

Now that you are on a steep learning curve and plan on keeping your birds, I recommend you get in the habit of reading the ingredient and analysis tag on the bag of feed at the store before you buy it. That will save trips to the store or prevent feeding the wrong thing.
The feed you have will be fine for a while.
It is good to know if the feed is medicated. Normally, that medication will be a coccidiostat and nothing else so the medication is only to prevent coccidiosis.

Most importantly, you want to look at 2 numbers. Protein and calcium.
All other nutrients will be in appropriate ratios.
20% protein is fine for now but as your birds get closer to maturity, you can cut it back to about 16%
All feeds except layer feed will have about 1% calcium. Layer is about 4%.

As an example of how important it is to read that tag, a feed manufacturer here makes two types of game bird feed - starter and maintenance. The bags are identical but the tag has the protein %. The starter is 28% and the maintenance is 12.5%. That's a dramatic difference and since the bags look the same, I'm sure people that don't read the analysis tag end up going home with the wrong feed.

Yes, I tried looking around the store at ingredients. This was the only starter feed they had (small feed store) and the label has no ingredients. I neglected to ask because the man serving me seemed pretty unsure about chickens so I just went with what they had.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Good move.

 

[blakeee]

Did the vet give you Baycox, a sulfa drug, amprolium, or something else?

She gave me baycox. It is what we use generally when dealing with coccidiosis in the rescued animals.

 

[blakeee]

Little chicks are outside sunbathing. Looking so much better today and not napping as much. I found some dirt that contained some nice grit along my driveway so I've just put that in their enclosure.

 

[casportpony]

She gave me baycox. It is what we use generally when dealing with coccidiosis in the rescued animals.

I love Baycox, and that should work in 2-3 days if they are drinking enough water. You can give it orally too if you know how much your chicks weigh.

 

[casportpony]

Little chicks are outside sunbathing. Looking so much better today and not napping as much. I found some dirt that contained some nice grit along my driveway so I've just put that in their enclosure.

Glad they are better!

 

[blakeee]

I love Baycox, and that should work in 2-3 days if they are drinking enough water. You can give it orally too if you know how much your chicks weigh.

They finished their dose today and I can definitely see a difference. I wasn't sure if I should have done another day because for the bigger animals 3 days is generally the norm but I think they will be fine.

 

[micstrachan]

Woohoo! So glad the treatment helped. Way to go!

 

[blakeee]

Chicks are doing really well! One of them (who wasn't sick in the slightest) is growing bigger quicker than the others. I'm worried he's going to be a rooster. I already have a naked neck X bantam rooster and he's a nightmare.

The chick's feathers at the tip of his wing are also a lot longer than the other chick who is the same age. Does this mean anything? I also want to thank all of you who helped me and gave me advice. I really do appreciate it.