Cocci or worms?

[TinyBoxTim]

About a week or two ago my favorite her died of what I thought was egg binding, but nowy other oldest hen is loosing feathers, droopy, lethargic, bloody poo and what appeared to be worms in the poo, so I'm going to start treating everyone for cocci tomorrow and possibly start a wormer after that, any tips or suggestions? I plan on cleaning the coop and run with an ammonia solution after starting treatment

 

[junebuggena]

If you have not brought any new birds into the flock, worms is much more likely that coccidia given that they are adult hens.

 

[TinyBoxTim]

I have brought in four new birds, 2 8 week old babies and some 15-16 week old pullets from this spring

 

[junebuggena]

Then it might be a new strain of coccidia that they haven't developed resistance to yet. You can treat for both worms and coccidiosis at the same time. I would switch everyone to medicated chick starter too for a few weeks, just to make sure they don't get too heavy a load of the protozoa.

 

[TinyBoxTim]

What type of wormer do you think I could give to them at the same time as Corid?

 

[enola]

If you plan on treating for coccidia, don't bother switching to medicated feed. Medicated feed is used to help chicks build up a resistance to coccidia, not treat coccidiosis.

 

[TinyBoxTim]

I got corid 9.6% and started everyone on it today, fingers crossed

 

[TinyBoxTim]

Everyone has perked up and Cleo is live and laying again

 

[sara1226]

I am currently having a similar issue. Are you saying then that a feed with amprolium won't help, and corid is the only remedy? Please help, I have one lethargic 8 month old with watery poop and wings drooping.

Thank you.

 

[TinyBoxTim]

A feed with amprolium is sometimes not enough,sorry for the late response please let me know how it turned out