4 week old chicks with coccidiosis

[PunkinPeep]

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If you just saw pink smears, and they're all fully active, i would not suspect cocci. However, i would watch closely for cocci signs after they've been on the ground at your house for about 2 weeks.

And it's always a good idea (in my opinion) to keep Corid on hand in case you do have an actual outbreak of coccidiosis, so that you can medicate immediately.

Have they even been on the soil or exposed to adult droppings at this point? If not, it is very unlikely that cocci is the culprit.

 

[I<3MyChickens-Jewel&Flash]

Have a 4or5 week old silkie and i think she has cocci. Symptoms include
- gasps for air only only when he sleeps at night.
- his head seems to move around and down, not crazy but like hes dreaming at night.
- his poo is extra stinky with a little dark mix of mahogany red. His poo looks all the time mahogany brown color. Once it was yellow and most time runny.
- hes really thin. Hes not eating like he should.
- he gets all puffed up a lot...his feathers.

I gave him apple cider vinegar salt water in eye dropper as a person said it helped his birds but idk if his has had cocci. It seemed to purk him up a bit and he ate and drank more. Now its slowed again.

I got him from a horid place. He wasnt given medicated feed and was caged its like outside never touching ground. I got medicated said on bag to prevent cocci but idk if it will help to have him on it. I just dont wanna loose him. Im attached already. I got him as a friend for my hen when it gets bigger to introduce them as my hen adopted a duckling who i found but something killed it as it dissapeared one night. Im not letting them together until hes better. I let him in the soil and dirt..he loves it.

My question is what antibiotic should i give him? I can get it from tractor supply there is corid and duramycin(maybe thats what its called starts with du...)

 

[PunkinPeep]

May i please suggest that you start a new thread to get help? His symptoms don't necessarily sound like cocci to me, and you will get more views if you start a new thread as opposed to tagging onto the end of an old one like this. All the best to you!

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