So here is my predicament...
1 week ago I foolishly got a new chicken and DID NOT PRACTICE GOOD BIO-SECURITY!!! My plan was to have the chicken separated through a fence (foolish) but I left for a few hours and came home the chicken had gotten through the fence and was mingling with the other chickens and I figured it would be okay. Big mistake! The chicken is about 12-15 weeks old. The chicken was in my coop for 3 days! Upon more thoroughly examining the chicken I noticed she was missing feathers which I thought were just from the rooster she was living with. Ugh....! No, it was mites/lice! Which I am treating for and her feathers seem to be growing back and are looking much better! I treated her and the whole flock with garden/poultry dust as well as cleaned out the coop and sprinkled the dust in the new bedding and all over the run.
Presently she is quarantined in my garage, but I started noticing intestinal lining in her poop! Coccidiosis! Yesterday I started her and my entire flock on Corid powder 1/2 teaspoon per gallon.
My flock currently consists of 3/16 week pullets and 3/7 week pullets. I also switched everyone to medicated feed. They haven't started showing any signs of cocci and I'm hoping they won't contract it. The pullet in question spent the majority of her time (the 3 days she was mingling) inside the coop so I am hoping that reduced the chances of any spread of cocci in the run.
The chicken is eating and drinking on her own and will hopefully respond to the corid treatment.
My question is: If she pulls through and I no longer see signs of cocci, possibly keeping her quarantined for a month and treating my other chickens with 2 rounds of Corid, will they still be at risk of contracting cocci when she is integrated? I am also planning to treat her for worms and continue treating for mites/lice in 7 day intervals, as well as treating my coop again.
Are there any steps I can take to ensure that the cocci doesn't spread to the other chickens? What else can I do? Should I bleach the coop? The run is dirt is there anything I can do to the run to disinfect?
Thanks,
Dannyelle
1 week ago I foolishly got a new chicken and DID NOT PRACTICE GOOD BIO-SECURITY!!! My plan was to have the chicken separated through a fence (foolish) but I left for a few hours and came home the chicken had gotten through the fence and was mingling with the other chickens and I figured it would be okay. Big mistake! The chicken is about 12-15 weeks old. The chicken was in my coop for 3 days! Upon more thoroughly examining the chicken I noticed she was missing feathers which I thought were just from the rooster she was living with. Ugh....! No, it was mites/lice! Which I am treating for and her feathers seem to be growing back and are looking much better! I treated her and the whole flock with garden/poultry dust as well as cleaned out the coop and sprinkled the dust in the new bedding and all over the run.
Presently she is quarantined in my garage, but I started noticing intestinal lining in her poop! Coccidiosis! Yesterday I started her and my entire flock on Corid powder 1/2 teaspoon per gallon.
My flock currently consists of 3/16 week pullets and 3/7 week pullets. I also switched everyone to medicated feed. They haven't started showing any signs of cocci and I'm hoping they won't contract it. The pullet in question spent the majority of her time (the 3 days she was mingling) inside the coop so I am hoping that reduced the chances of any spread of cocci in the run.
The chicken is eating and drinking on her own and will hopefully respond to the corid treatment.
My question is: If she pulls through and I no longer see signs of cocci, possibly keeping her quarantined for a month and treating my other chickens with 2 rounds of Corid, will they still be at risk of contracting cocci when she is integrated? I am also planning to treat her for worms and continue treating for mites/lice in 7 day intervals, as well as treating my coop again.
Are there any steps I can take to ensure that the cocci doesn't spread to the other chickens? What else can I do? Should I bleach the coop? The run is dirt is there anything I can do to the run to disinfect?
Thanks,
Dannyelle