7 week Old Chicks are sick

[kevm2017]

Give them plain yogurt, boiled egg finely chop give them electrolytes with vitamins so they can get energy to eat, try sugar water small quantity goohle how to make one they get energy to eat with that. Also try corid medicine to what your are describing its coccidiosis I save few chicks with electrolytes and vitamins you can get at a local feed store or tractor supply there is also this other product call save a chick electrolytes.

 

[Ravynscroft]

Give them plain yogurt, boiled egg finely chop give them electrolytes with vitamins so they can get energy to eat, try sugar water small quantity goohle how to make one they get energy to eat with that. Also try corid medicine to what your are describing its coccidiosis I save few chicks with electrolytes and vitamins you can get at a local feed store or tractor supply there is also this other product call save a chick electrolytes.

They are in the UK, so no TSC, lol...

Also, you never want to give any vitamin supplements at the *same time* as Corid or any other Amprolium based cocci treatment... it is a thiamine blocker and the cocci protozoa feeds off of thiamine, so it essentially starves it to death... giving vitamins at the same time is counterproductive and *can make* treatment ineffective...

Vitamins after treatment is always a good idea though...

 

[Kiki]

Is there not a feed store near by where you could go to it and pick some meds up?
Waiting for something to arrive in the mail is not going to be quick enough.

 

[kevm2017]

They are in the UK, so no TSC, lol...

Also, you never want to give any vitamin supplements at the *same time* as Corid or any other Amprolium based cocci treatment... it is a thiamine blocker and the cocci protozoa feeds off of thiamine, so it essentially starves it to death... giving vitamins at the same time is counterproductive and *can make* treatment ineffective...

Vitamins after treatment is always a good idea though...

Aww man they should have one specially chick day season lol
Thats true I did that w/o knowing that info you just told me, they were lucky then

 

[drumstick diva]

Hope the treatment will restore your chicks to good health. Sorry for previous losses.

 

[drumstick diva]

Thank goodness for Ravynscroft

 

[Ravynscroft]

Thank goodness for Ravynscroft

Awww, thanks, DD...

It wasn't just me though... rjohns messaged me about the thread and Sneebsey also had great advice...

 

[Scotty from BI]

Definitely coccidiosis. Let us know how the treatment worked. Should see results very soon and complete remission in about 5 days. By the way Amazon will overnight it to you fairly cheaply if not available locally.

 

[Scotty from BI]

I've heard not to give medicated food with Corid or Amprolium medication, but I have a question. Don't most complete feeds have vitamin b1? Even if it is a low level, will that not compete with the medication?

 

[Ravynscroft]

I've heard not to give medicated food with Corid or Amprolium medication, but I have a question. Don't most complete feeds have vitamin b1? Even if it is a low level, will that not compete with the medication?

Medicated feed *in most places* just has Amprolium added to it... but most sick chicks don't eat, or eat enough, for it to be effective... and in feed unless it is added to a small amount they eat right away, it is not effective way to ensure proper amounts to dose them with...

Vitamin B1 wouldn't have an effect either way, it is thiamine that cocci feeds off of... most multi-vitamins have thiamine in them, that is the counter-productive part...