Cocci Treatment, Please Help!

[ScissorChick]

So heres the story ~

About a week ago we had a few chicks pop up acting lethargic. We seperated them immediatly, not

knowing what the problem was. First one died that night, two were noticed & seperated before they

became very sick And they are doing fairly well. Today we came up with another sick

baby, ( As always, my favorite.. ) seperated him and gave electrolytes. He's extremely lethargic, bloody poop, not

eating, and feels like hes lost a bit of weight. I DO believe this is cocci. If anyone has any other ideas on what it

may be, please let me know. We've only had one experience with cocci, and that was years ago,

and I forgot how we went about treating, etc. Can somone please give me info on treatment?

Thankyou so much.

 

[csummer8882]

Do a search on here for cocci and treat immediately. Treat the whole flock. Not just the ones showing symptoms. I have not had to deal with it yet so this is the best I can tell you about it. Good luck. You also dont want to wait to treat. I have read here that it can kill in 24 hours. Go to TSC and get Corrid ASAP.

 

[ScissorChick]

Thankyou, corrid goes in the water? How much?

 

[Peaches Lee]

Hello, I am so sorry you are dealing with this, I am dealing with it too right now. What I got off of this site was to get Corid from TSC. I purchased the water soluble kind and this is the formula I found on this site: 2 teaspoons Corid per gallon water for the first day. 1 teaspoon Corid per gallon for 4 more days. I also read to add powdered milk to their feed to help their intestines from Corid.

I hope they get better, good luck.

 

[ScissorChick]

Thankyou so so much, and I'm very sorry your dealing with this also.. It's a horrible thing.

I'll definatly do that, Getting corid today asap, and running to get powdered milk also

Thankyou for the answers!

 

[4cats3kids1hubby2many]

I think I am dealing with Cocci too....I have 2 chicks that are lethargic...head on ground. I had Cocci in some older birds a year ago and have taken multiple measures against it. Unfortunately, these guys are 6 weeks old, I still have wild birds that can get into their pen, and I just recently let them out to free range for the first time.

I have powder Corid I am using and I use 1/2 tsp per gallon of water.

I am sure 1 of my sick babkes will die...just too weak. The other I may have caught in time. Everyone is getting Corid. They are also on medicated chick food...I hope this will not be too much for their little systems. What is the powdered milk for? How does it help?

Just to double check: Here are my symptoms. Head down, such that beak is resting on ground. Very lethargic. Diarrhea - no blood at this point, very runny.

 

[Judy]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=461910

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=368508 (dose)