Cocci: RIP little Puff

[chickenfeverforever]

I am sorry you are going thru this. I am as well. You should always keep some Corid or Sulmet or any needed meds on hand for times like this. It just helps for when you cant run out to TSC at midnight. I really feel like it is to late for the Silkie you are talking about. My Silkies were hit hard and I lost 3 beautiful Silkies. And they were being treated. Some birds develop better immune systems I think and Silkies are a bit weaker in my opinion. What works great for me and will only cost you .50 cents is to get some yogurt if she makes it thru the night. Make a mash with the yogurt and the crumbles and a little bit of water. They love it. The yogurt has live cultures and will help their tummies. Mine and many others have done a 100 % turn around after getting the yogurt mash. Then when treatment is done, whichever you use (Corid or Sulmet) I am told a bit of apple cider vinegar to make their stomachs acidic. This makes for a inhospitable environment for parasites. I use Corid. I only have 2 chicks for which the Corid doesn't seem to be doing the trick so I will place them on Sulmet tomorrow. Sulmet is harder on them from what I am told so Corid should be used first.

Force her to eat and drink. Dip her beak in the water. Open her mouth and force feed her the mash. Do what you can to keep her alive.


Make sure to treat everyone now. Trust me, They all have it.

I found Sulmet today at a feed store for $9.95

 

[Squishypuff]

Yep, really kicking myself for not having either the Corid or the Sulmet on hand. I've never dealt with cocci before, so it just never occurred to me to get some. Lesson learned. I'm heading out in a minute to syringe some more water down this little Silkie, if she is still alive.Dipping her beak doesn't work, she's too weak to do anything but hang her beak in the waterer. I will also give the yogurt mash a try- I have an open thing of yogurt in the fridge. Hope she doesn't mind lemon. I agree, it is most likely too late for little sweetie, but I'm not opposed to trying everything I can.

 

[Squishypuff]

Should I treat my adult birds as well? The Silkie pen is way out back, but I was in there this morning cleaning out after cleaning out the sick birds pen, so I imagine I contaminated it. The youngest birds in there are 12 weeks old. Do I need to treat that bunch? Everyone up front, closer to the house will be getting dosed, adults too probably.

 

[chickenfeverforever]

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I treat my whole flock. I wear the same clothes and boots when caring for all my birds. I do wash my hands but I'm sure it travels on my clothes so I assume nothing is ever safe. I would treat your entire flock. The older birds are likely safe because they develop a immunity to it, providing they have been exposed before. But Cocci can kill older birds so why risk it I say? I would treat everyone as if they were sick for the next week. Try to bleach the waterers and feeders while they are sick. I bleached today.

I also had some Jello to the water because my birds do not care for the taste of Corid.

 

[Squishypuff]

Ok, so the meds won't hurt the chickens who may or may not really need it? I'm all for better safe than sorry. Except that whole issue of not having the common sense to make sure I had some kind of meds on hand that would have helped me with all of this.

 

[chickenfeverforever]

Don't beat yourself up over it. You just need to get a hold of some meds tomorrow/today. When I had it back in March, I was able to diagnose it quickly thanks to BYC and headed right to TSC so it was a bit easier for me. You should take the advice and post int he "I am here, where are you" section to see if someone near you has some Corid to spare till your arrives. I never culled any of mine. I couldnt bare to. They die rather quickly once they hit rock bottom and they dont appear to be in pain. Just lethargic and empty. I hope your little white silkies pulls thru. I still have 2 Buff Orps that are not out of the woods yet when everyone else in the brooder is almost back to normal.

 

[Squishypuff]

I did post in the NC thread, no bites yet unfortunately. I did just finish getting some food and water into her. At first, I could not tell if she was alive. I wrapped her in a heating pad and towel, she was ice cold. As she warmed up, she finally started to move a tiny bit. I syringed a mix of chick starter, yogurt, and water into her and also some plain warm water in case the glop wanted to get stuck in her throat.By the end of it she had "eaten" about 2 tablespoons worth (picture one of those tiny blue cups that Red Lobster puts cocktail sauce in) of the glop and was sitting up, squeaking, and fighting me a tiny bit. I just put her back in the crate with a heat lamp in the corner she is lying in. I will pray that bit of food and water gives her the strength to hold on till morning. The other feed store opens at 7:30 am, and it's pretty close by so I'm hoping that they will have something. If not, I'll drive around and find it somehow. she is in bad shape- but the amount of improvement just during that feeding gives me a little bit of hope. I really thought I might be trying to warm up a dead bird, she was so out of it. Please keep her in your prayers.

 

[Squishypuff]

She made it the night, and is not standing, just sort of lying upright. Her eyes are open, which they had not been. I gave her another feeding of yogurt/starter mush, and some more water. We're just about to go on our meds search- she may just make it in time if I can get the darn meds. Pray for her. I know she's only a chicken, but I love all my chickens. I'm amazed she made it through the night. She seems to be a real fighter.

 

[Squishypuff]

I found Sulmet liquid the 2nd store we went to!!! Everyone's got their water treated, and little chick had has some syringed into her (the water/Sulmet mix, not straight Sulmet). Thank God!!!

 

[mljohnson05]

I am so glad that she made it....If she pulls through this, go get her some infant Poly v sol vitamin drops (without iron) and give her a drop or two for two days or so......after the antibiotic treatment is done....
Sending prayers and good thoughts your way

Best Wishes,
Laura