California - Northern

[Sylvester017]

Give them a vitamin, scrambled eggs and chick grit. Also, let them peck a bit of plain yogurt from a spoon twice a day. Do not let them eat too much though.

It is normal to have to clean the pasty butt for three days or so though. Their normal food should be a good starter too.

Will the medicated chick starter feed help? Is Corid too strong for chicks? I received a 3-month old shipped and as it's my practice I took a fecal sample to vet and she was positive for cocci. She was on non-medicated chick starter so for medicating her we're using Corid. She's new to us and not really into yogurt or fresh produce yet. First couple days she was lethargic but she's moving around normally again after a couple days on Corid - vet recommended 21-day treatment. Sometimes blood in poops lets you know if you have one of the strains but there are so many strains of coccidia that without a lab test you can't really know for sure if a chicken has it. My vet said that if chicks/chickens are sharing feed that cocci spreads that way just as much as picking it up from poops or soil. Poor chickens have so many things that they can contract. I pulled up a website on chicken diseases and was overwhelmed at everything that they can contract.

 

[ronott1]

Will the medicated chick starter feed help? Is Corid too strong for chicks? I received a 3-month old shipped and as it's my practice I took a fecal sample to vet and she was positive for cocci. She was on non-medicated chick starter so for medicating her we're using Corid. She's new to us and not really into yogurt or fresh produce yet. First couple days she was lethargic but she's moving around normally again after a couple days on Corid - vet recommended 21-day treatment. Sometimes blood in poops lets you know if you have one of the strains but there are so many strains of coccidia that without a lab test you can't really know for sure if a chicken has it. My vet said that if chicks/chickens are sharing feed that cocci spreads that way just as much as picking it up from poops or soil. Poor chickens have so many things that they can contract. I pulled up a website on chicken diseases and was overwhelmed at everything that they can contract.

With a big load of cocci, the medicated feed will not help. The medicine is designed to let the chick build up immunity slowly. It is best to follow the two week course of corid for an active cocci outbreak.

I do not use medicated feed but do watch closely for an out break of cocci. I have not had one in two years though.

There are a lot of things they can catch for sure!

 

[chrissyr]

Probiotics in the water is what I've always heard. I had one pasty butt in my shipment of chicks and they all got water with Save a Chick and probiotics mixed in for the first week. Pasty butt cleared right up and none of the others every got it.

I had Big Ol Bird in there 1 day, but didn't think about how beneficial it really is. I will do that again asap.
Thank you

 

[caychris]

I have had very few cases of pasty butt that did not resolve themselves inside of a day or two. I use medicated feed but only for the first few weeks. I switch to flock raiser or non-medicated starter no later than 6 weeks. I tend to give them scrambled eggs as a treat and access to chick grit starting at 2 weeks so that they are prepared when I let them run around in the dirt at about 4 weeks. Also so they have it in the event that the get the occasional bug or other treat.

 

[Sylvester017]

With a big load of cocci, the medicated feed will not help. The medicine is designed to let the chick build up immunity slowly. It is best to follow the two week course of corid for an active cocci outbreak.

I do not use medicated feed but do watch closely for an out break of cocci. I have not had one in two years though.

There are a lot of things they can catch for sure!

I gave the breeder a heads up about the shipped chick with cocci - said their property was once a dairy farm and that they have to treat the chickens for cocci a few times a year. It's a good thing I follow my practice of taking fecal samples for testing whenever I get a new bird - worms and/or cocci are so common but thank goodness there's available treatments. Also, this is another good reason to follow quarantine practice with new birds.

 

[chrissyr]

Give them a vitamin, scrambled eggs and chick grit. Also, let them peck a bit of plain yogurt from a spoon twice a day. Do not let them eat too much though.

It is normal to have to clean the pasty butt for three days or so though. Their normal food should be a good starter too.

thank you, will try that now

 

[ronott1]

I gave the breeder a heads up about the shipped chick with cocci - said their property was once a dairy farm and that they have to treat the chickens for cocci a few times a year. It's a good thing I follow my practice of taking fecal samples for testing whenever I get a new bird - worms and/or cocci are so common but thank goodness there's available treatments. Also, this is another good reason to follow quarantine practice with new birds.

Cocci is everywhere--some places have some bad strains though. It seems bad in Sonoma county for some reason.

I have heard of chicks hatching with e-coli. Most of them die within three days of hatch. It is quite sad!

 

[chrissyr]

Cocci is everywhere--some places have some bad strains though. It seems bad in Sonoma county for some reason.

I have heard of chicks hatching with e-coli. Most of them die within three days of hatch. It is quite sad!

interesting about cocci: My son has Valley Fever. It is basically cocci in the dust and they breathe it in. I asked if he got it due to my chickens (they've had cocci). The
specialist said it's not because of the chickens. It's just in the dirt. Bad here in the valley. Bakersfield area gets it a lot when Santa Anna winds kick up. Also, 1 patient got it on their way to Las Vegas because they drove with the windows down (Big problem over there)
Just shows you how it is indeed everywhere.
Praise God, my son is doing quite well!

 

[chrissyr]

Another help question: how do I flush out a broken egg? My hen just passed a glob of white with some yolk. I'm sure more is in there

 

[ronott1]

Another help question: how do I flush out a broken egg? My hen just passed a glob of white with some yolk. I'm sure more is in there

It was more likely a shell less egg.

Did she have a lot of trouble laying it?