chick acting oddi

[periodicchicken]

hi!
i had a chick acting odd this morning; drooping wings, fluffed out, and highly letharggic. i have normally seen this chick running around and playing. they have acsess to food and water. it was about 7 weeks old. it died about 2-3 hours ago.
anyhelp is appreaciated!
thanks

 

[dawg53]

It sounds like cocci.

 

[periodicchicken]

its stools were a runny brown and then the next one was solid. had normal growth and was fine the day before.

 

[dawg53]

its stools were a runny brown and then the next one was solid. had normal growth and was fine the day before.

Your first post described typical symptoms of cocci.

 

[periodicchicken]

Your first post described typical symptoms of cocci.

oh sorry. when i ifirst looked cocci up it ddnt quite match.

 

[periodicchicken]

lost another chick today. same position. curled back but this bird had feathers on its exposed side.

 

[dawg53]

I recommend that you purchase Corid 9.6% liquid solution and provide it for your chicks to drink. Dosage is 9.5cc's per gallon of water for 5 days. Make a fresh mixture daily, dont add any ACV nor vitamin supplements to the mixture.

 

[JesBarthel]

What kind of feed are they on?

 

[periodicchicken]

DUMOR i just switched them onto grower finisher...

 

[JesBarthel]

The symptoms you described does sound like Cocci. The bloody poop is one of the last signs/symptoms to appear. Just to be safe, I would go ahead and get some Corid and mix it in with the water. It will not hurt any chicks if they don't have Cocci. Lots of people ( myself included ) give the Corid water as a preventative. It basically just slows the growth of the Cocci so the chick has a chance to build an immunity to it