Bloody poop in brand new 5 week olds. Help ASAP please.

[Crabbylady]

Do they usually succumb if treated early?

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Are they doomed to die?

No. Just dose in short order. They usually recover if treated post haste.
You can also help by keeping the bedding bone dry and keep feeders full. Coccidia need moisture to complete their life cycle. If the chicks run low on feed, they will do more picking in the bedding, thereby picking up oocysts.

 

[Crabbylady]

Should I also begin medicated crumbles ? They’ve never had any and haven’t been vaccinated. And if so shouid i start after the Corid or during

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Should I also begin medicated crumbles ? They’ve never had any and haven’t been vaccinated.

The instructions on medicated feed say not to feed it if also dosing with corid. Those are both amprolium and there is the danger of over dosing.

 

[Crabbylady]

Good to know. Shouid I switch to the medicated feed once we are done adding the powder to the water in a week?

 

[ChickenCanoe]

That's up to you. I hatch between a hundred and two hundred chicks a year and I haven't had a case of coccidiosis in nearly 15 years.
I haven't fed medicated feed in at least that long and when my one and only bottle of corid expired, I threw it away and haven't replaced it.
I may start checking the expiration date on bottles when I visit the feed stores.
I want to have a bottle on hand for insurance.

 

[Crabbylady]

no other bloody poops so far and all three are eating and acting well. Fingers crossed

Procedural question-

I added the outbreak dosage powder (modified since it’s not a gallon) to a 500 ML bottle of spring water. The instructions say re mix daily. Can I reuse this one bottle tomorrow and start new Friday since it’s already evening here? And does it need to be refrigerated all day and night? Do you all use water bottles or how else do you do it for smaller doses? I don’t want to use a gallon bottle and waste the costly powder. That spoon is the smallest unit I had. I didn’t fill it . The water doesn’t even look treated- totally clear.