Been fighting cocci for 6 days! Please help my chicks and I!

[Shikens!]

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Yeah I realize I am past my 5 days, that's why I'm posting this. My chicks are clearly still sick so I didn't want to stop medicating without checking here first. So to switch to sulmet, stop the corid... then what? Just give them sulmet? Wait a day? Wait 5 days? What do I do?

Stop the Corid. Clean their brooder area so it is clean and dry. Leave them on medicated chick feed and start them on the sulmet right away. If indeed it is cocci it should be noticably better within 24 hours.

Thank you!!!

It's really wierd what is going on with my chicks. They were all noticeably better on corid but each day one of them looks really sick again, then i nurse it and the next day its fine and a different chick is looking half dead. Meanwhile all the rest seem 100% better.

 

[ThePamperedPullet]

Shikens! :

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Stop the Corid. Clean their brooder area so it is clean and dry. Leave them on medicated chick feed and start them on the sulmet right away. If indeed it is cocci it should be noticably better within 24 hours.

Thank you!!!

It's really wierd what is going on with my chicks. They were all noticeably better on corid but each day one of them looks really sick again, then i nurse it and the next day its fine and a different chick is looking half dead. Meanwhile all the rest seem 100% better.​

We have had the same thing go on when using Corid which is why we only use Sulmet now. You should only have to keep it in their water for 3-4 days. Just make sure to keep their bedding clean and dry because that is where it will be coming from.

 

[mljohnson05]

Start Sulmet on them...read the directions for poultry carefully, I believe you have to cut the dosage in half a day or 2 after starting treatment....

Good Luck

--laura--

 

[centrarchid]

I am also battling cocci in one of my lines and Corid does not seem to be effective. Infected chicks are about 10 days old. Can Sulmet be used on such young chicks?

 

[mljohnson05]

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Yes it can but you have to be very careful....read te directions...i think it is a half does for little chicks, but you will have to check directions to be sure...make sure to do the yogurt with mash for a few days when done with treatment

 

[kelar]

Sulmet is a 6 day treatment. Do not use more than the recommended dose! The kind I buy is a liquid and is found in the livestock meds section of the feed store. Dose is 2 tablespoons per gallon of water for 2 days, then switch to 1 tablespoon per gallon of water for an additional 4 days. Feed only their crumbles and the medicated water during treatment - no treats or high protein additives, vitamins etc. You should see a quick turnaround. It is very important to keep their bedding clean and dry so they don't reinfect themselves. Corid does not treat all forms of cocci - Sulmet is harder on them, but more broad spectrum. It is important to remember that sulfonamides are hard on their systems and their kidneys which is why they can be dangerous if given too long or overdosed.

 

[crtrlovr]

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I apparently have a BOATLOAD of cocci in the soil here, and Corid was not keeping it under control. The last outbreak I switched to Sulmet and it worked much faster & better. Some strains are controlled by Corid, while Sulmet works better on others, in my experience. I'd give the Sulmet a try.

 

[Shikens!]

My Tractor Supply only has a small pouch of granule/powdered sulmet. Should I drive to another town for the liquid? I feel really worried about giving them Corid for 6 days then giving them sulmet for 6 more days with no break in between. It seems like this will hurt them.

 

[kelar]

Given at the correct dosages and for the recommended amount of time, it should not hurt them. The cocci will however kill them, so I'd certainly go with the treatment. I don't know what the dosage is for the powdered stuff, but hopefully it is on the package.

 

[centrarchid]

I am enjoying (sarcasm) my third bout of year with cocci infections. For my birds treated or not, if they survive through six days after signs evident, the infection has largely ran its course. Survivors vary greatly in terms of how much impact from the infection which includes much more than weight loss which can easily be a 50% reduction of pre-infection weight. Generally the more weight loss, the longer it takes for weight increase to resume. So far those chicks infected suffer reduced growth rates therafter with increasing reduction of rate with increasing magnitude of weightloss during infection. As time goes by following "recovery" from infection, disparities increase in respect to weight and overall development between those infected lightly versus those infected heavily. Also getting check marks in feathers. I suspect this fall despite control over deathloss, many of the survivors will have to be culled owing to reduced size and quality for surviving winter and use as broodstock.

Another note: Chicks look like crap during early morning hours. As temperatures increase they appear to improve and condition declines again overnight.

I also have a complicating factor. My most affected birds are hen raised and free range. Mothers do not seem to realize chicks have an increased need for water so to compensate multiple waterers have been put out.