Chickens under 2 months dropping like flys,no noticeable symptoms

[Elsveta641]

So you haven't lost any adults, no ducklings/ducks, nor have you lost any O'Shamo, Aseel, or Ayam Cemani chicks (all from your hatch) correct? Are those chicks all the same age or different ages?

No didn't lose any O-Shamo or Asil.Didnt lose any if the Ayam Cemani I hatched from my own eggs. Disnt lose a single duckling or quail. They were all living together. The Serama is currently livong happily in my diningroom in a rabbit hutch.Those chicks were hatched September 25th. So they were 10 days older than the ones from Goldfeather.

 

[Elsveta641]

I just got off the phone with them. It is cocci. She says it looks like a "really hot strain" which Im assuming means very bad/potent or something. My husband is on the way to the vet to pick up some meds they have ready. I hope its not more Corid lol. But I just got done giving the remaining birds under 2 months their drench. Should I dose the ones that aren't sick too? Interesting fact :Ayam Cemani think Corid is delicious. Mine do anyway. They were hopping up on my lap trying to steal it out of the syringe

 

[Kiki]

I just got off the phone with them. It is cocci. She says it looks like a "really hot strain" which Im assuming means very bad/potent or something. My husband is on the way to the vet to pick up some meds they have ready. I hope its not more Corid lol. But I just got done giving the remaining birds under 2 months their drench. Should I dose the ones that aren't sick too? Interesting fact :Ayam Cemani think Corid is delicious. Mine do anyway. They were hopping up on my lap trying to steal it out of the syringe

(I knew it!)


I am glad your vet is giving you something!
You might have a strain that needs something more than just Corid. (A sulfa drug)

 

[Kiki]

I would dose EVERYONE in your flock.
All at once.

 

[Elsveta641]

(I knew it!)


I am glad your vet is giving you something!
You might have a strain that needs something more than just Corid. (A sulfa drug)

They already have something ready, my husband's going now to pick it up. Didn't say what it was. I have Bactrim type stuff in the barn I think but it's meant for pigeons

 

[Kiki]

They already have something ready, my husband's going now to pick it up. Didn't say what it was. I have Bactrim type stuff in the barn I think but it's meant for pigeons

@casportpony Is bactrim the other drug that will treat coccidiosis?


@Elsveta641 Go get that from the barn now and take a picture of the bottle.

 

[Kiki]

I am almost positive bactrim will work.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Thanks for the update. Now you know how to proceed. Let us know what medication the vet provided.

 

[Elsveta641]

I don't get how this happened. First the cat has giardia and now this cocci fiasco. I normally bleach all the containers for food and water once a week. I wipe them out daily with paper towel and rinse. We scoop poop about every 2 weeks in warm weather and add a little clean hay every few days, shovel uunder the perches etc. I mean they're chickens they poop on everything constantly so there is poops but not like unreasonable levels of poops ever. And this is the first time we've ever had a problem but this is a dirty coop type disease. I don't get it at all. Once my daughter came home from a sleepover with lice. That's what this reminds me of. Like "WHHHHY? MY BABIES ARE CLEEEEAN???"

 

[Kiki]

I don't get how this happened. First the cat has giardia and now this cocci fiasco. I normally bleach all the containers for food and water once a week. I wipe them out daily with paper towel and rinse. We scoop poop about every 2 weeks in warm weather and add a little clean hay every few days, shovel uunder the perches etc. I mean they're chickens they poop on everything constantly so there is poops but not like unreasonable levels of poops ever. And this is the first time we've ever had a problem but this is a diet coop type disease. I don't get it at all. Once my daughter came home from a sleepover with love. That's what this reminds me of. Like "WHHHHY? MY BABIES ARE CLEEEEAN???"

Wait a minute...did the lab specifically call it COCCI or did they say coccidiosis/coccidia?