A bunch of Cocci/Corid questions

[Iluveggers]

I will do that. It is barely noticeable...I’ve been looking super hard at all of it.

 

[Iluveggers]

I picked every piece of poo out their brooder this morning & investigated. After looking at the 100 or so poos, these are the blood tinged ones. There is not a huge amount of blood, and I had to move the tissue around a bit to see the red. They’ve been on Corid about 36 hours. All moving around, eating & drinking still.

 

[Iluveggers]

Just did a second check. I’ve been trying to clean every 2-3 hours during the day, picking up all poos as suggested. All looked normal on this cleanup. Everyone still eating/moving.

 

[Iluveggers]

Post some poop pics tomorrow.

Any thoughts about the poop?

 

[Iluveggers]

Did not see any blood the rest of the day since this morning! Will finish the treatment...fingers crossed!

 

[HeatherKellyB]

Looks like they're on their way to recovery! Continue to keep a close eye on them and their poop, etc. If any are still acting a little worse than the others, you can do a Corid drench to the individual bird. Corid is a thiamine blocker, not necessarily a medication, so just wash your hands. I've gotten it all over myself sometimes (whenever I use it) and I've had no problems. I wouldn't ever suggest it but full strength Corid has splashed in my mouth before and absolutely no problems came from it. Of course I was holding a chick & doing a drench whenever the splash happened so without thinking, I just swallowed it.

 

[HeatherKellyB]

Everytime I have treated with Corid, I use the "severe outbreak" dosage for 7 days and then the "preventative dosage" for the next 5 days. I haven't ever taken a break while treating. I guess we all have our own ways of doing things.

As for integrating the 2 flocks of chicks. Are both flocks being raised in the same area?
From my understanding, anytime a bird, especially a chick, is introduced to new soil/droppings, coccidiosis is a possibility. Their immune systems builds up to the different strains of coccidia they're exposed to over time. Coccidia is going to be present in the birds. The problem is when they become overrun with it because their bodies don't recognize it and they're unable to keep it under control.
Anytime after you have completed the treatment of these chicks, in at least approximately 12 days, I would begin integration but keeping a close eye on them and the others, knowing the possibility and ready to treat if there is a possible outbreak.

 

[Iluveggers]

Everytime I have treated with Corid, I use the "severe outbreak" dosage for 7 days and then the "preventative dosage" for the next 5 days. I haven't ever taken a break while treating. I guess we all have our own ways of doing things.

As for integrating the 2 flocks of chicks. Are both flocks being raised in the same area?
From my understanding, anytime a bird, especially a chick, is introduced to new soil/droppings, coccidiosis is a possibility. Their immune systems builds up to the different strains of coccidia they're exposed to over time. Coccidia is going to be present in the birds. The problem is when they become overrun with it because their bodies don't recognize it and they're unable to keep it under control.
Once you have completed the treatment of these chicks, in approximately 12 days, I would begin integration but keeping a close eye on them and the others, knowing the possibility and ready to treat if there is a possible outbreak.

Thank you for your response! Both groups are sharing a coop & run (& free range space when older), we separated them during brooding. I will take that into consideration as we were hoping to move them sooner than later!

 

[HeatherKellyB]

Thank you for your response! Both groups are sharing a coop & run (& free range space when older), we separated them during brooding. I will take that into consideration as we were hoping to move them sooner than later!

So they're also brooding in the same area? Sounds like you're doing a wonderful job and have things under control

 

[Iluveggers]

So they're also brooding in the same area? Sounds like you're doing a wonderful job and have things under control

Thank you! They are in two different boxes, they were right in the same room but I moved the littles (we got them a week after the first group) to another area when I saw blood. I wasn’t washing my hands between cleaning/handling each group (to expose them to each other’s germs) but I have since the Coccid symptoms.