7 week old chicks with bloody poop

[hikerfrog99]

I have noticed this morning a poop that was bloody. I am thinking worms bit I am new to chicks so I need help. I purchased them from a farm last week and gave me food for them. I just found out it is not medicated. I don't know if they need medicated at this age or what to do about the poop. I have adult chickens but they are separated in a different coop and area mainly to avoid any problems with illness but please advice me what to do. Thank you.

 

[Fred's Hens]

Put them on Corid powder, mixed in a water jug. This solution must be their only water supply and also use an ounce or two to make their feed into a damp, porridge. It is essential move very, very quickly. Coccidiosis is a killer and you can literally lose your chicks within a day or two.

Use an eye dropper and try to get a bit of the solution down them when you first get home with the Corid. Amprollium is the actual product, but Corid is the brand name sold at TSC and many other feed/farm stores.

Prepare a new, clean area, with new, fresh bedding and move the chicks to the new area as well.

 

[Eggcessive]

Put them on Corid powder, mixed in a water jug. This solution must be their only water supply and also use an ounce or two to make their feed into a damp, porridge. It is essential move very, very quickly. Coccidiosis is a killer and you can literally lose your chicks within a day or two.

Use an eye dropper and try to get a bit of the solution down them when you first get home with the Corid. Amprollium is the actual product, but Corid is the brand name sold at TSC and many other feed/farm stores.

Prepare a new, clean area, with new, fresh bedding and move the chicks to the new area as well.

Medicated feed won't really help if you start it now. How old are they? Corid/amprollium comes in powder or liquid (buy only the small container of liquid. Mix 2 tsp liquid or 1.5 tsp powder per gallon of water, and treat for 5 days. Chicks will eventually stop wanting to drink, so hurry and get them on this. After the 5 days, you can give them some chick vitamins and probiotics in their water for a few days. Here is a link with info: http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/2012/12/coccidiosis-what-backyard-chicken.html

 

[hikerfrog99]

Medicated feed won't really help if you start it now.  How old are they?  Corid/amprollium comes in powder or liquid (buy only the small container of liquid.  Mix 2 tsp liquid or 1.5 tsp powder per gallon of water, and treat for 5 days.  Chicks will eventually stop wanting to drink, so hurry and get them on this.  After the 5 days, you can give them some chick vitamins and probiotics in their water for a few days. Here is a link with info:  http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/2012/12/coccidiosis-what-backyard-chicken.html

They are just turning 7 weeks. I went to TCS and they gave me duramycin 10. I am not sure if anything is wrong with them really. I had seen one bloody poop pile and freaked out. I'm going home to clean everything out and give them the meds.

 

[hikerfrog99]

Put them on Corid powder, mixed in a water jug.  This solution must be their only water supply and also use an ounce or two to make their feed into a damp, porridge.  It is essential move very, very quickly.  Coccidiosis is a killer and you can literally lose your chicks within a day or two.

Use an eye dropper and try to get a bit of the solution down them when you first get home with the Corid.  Amprollium is the actual product, but Corid is the brand name sold at TSC and many other feed/farm stores.

Prepare a new, clean area, with new, fresh bedding and move the chicks to the new area as well.

I mentioned cocci to TCS and they gave me duramycin 10. I don't know. I'm going home. Change the litter and give them this med and see how they do as I am confused. You would think in an area where many people have livestock somewhere should have all these meds. Even my local feed store doesn't

 

[Fred's Hens]

Duramycin 10 is NOT for cocci.

That is an anti-biotic. Sorry. TSC employees are retail employees and often simply aren't knowledgeable about 10,000 products in their stores and the million or applications of those products. No way they can be. They're just employees.

 

[Eggcessive]

I hope you can take the Duramycin10 back. It will not help your chicks at all. They need Corid, and if you can't find it, you need to get Di-Methox or Sulmet, but those are harder on chicks since they are sulfa drugs, and only treat the 2 most common strains. Sorry to sound dramatic, but you need to get them on this today.

 

[hikerfrog99]

I hope you can take the Duramycin10 back.  It will not help your chicks at all.  They need Corid, and if you can't find it, you need to get Di-Methox or Sulmet, but those are harder on chicks since they are sulfa drugs, and only treat the 2 most common strains.  Sorry to sound dramatic, but you need to get them on this today.

Ok. I don't understand though. It is showing this is for cows?

 

[hikerfrog99]

Duramycin 10 is NOT for cocci.

That is an anti-biotic.  Sorry. TSC employees are retail employees and often simply aren't knowledgeable about 10,000 products in their stores and the million or applications of those products. No way they can be.  They're just employees.

I didn't think they did bit I don't know much either. I'm learning as I go.

 

[Fred's Hens]

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The dosage for "treatment" is higher than that for prevention. Prevention dosage is 1/3 of a teaspoon per gallon of water. Treatment dosage is much higher. 2 teaspoons per gallon.

The precise dosage is not critical, just don't under medicated during a breakout. The medicine isn't a drug as you might think of one. It is a coccistat preventing the coccidiosis from overwhelming the chicks. It works by blocking thiamine uptake. Feed no vitamins during the 7 days treatment period. Don't want to feed the parasite.