Cocci

[Presnell5]

Hi again! I have 4 5week old chicks and just discovered some bloody poop. This may sound dumb but I wanted to treat it naturally #1 so they could build up immunity and #2 I didn’t think our state sold corid. The chicks are all acting fine look great and the poop has improved but I asked farm supply if they had corid and they did! So now that I have it… should I use it? Again they look great. Has anyone had good results with herbs and garlic and cayenne or am I playing with fire?

 

[nuthatched]

There's no natural cure and I think it's a protozoan, not something you build immunity for. (it can come back)
Herbs, garlic, and cayenne are good as a chicken marinade but they're rarely an effective treatment for anything, especially urgent issues.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Hi again! I have 4 5week old chicks and just discovered some bloody poop. This may sound dumb but I wanted to treat it naturally #1 so they could build up immunity and #2 I didn’t think our state sold corid. The chicks are all acting fine look great and the poop has improved but I asked farm supply if they had corid and they did! So now that I have it… should I use it? Again they look great. Has anyone had good results with herbs and garlic and cayenne or am I playing with fire?

Yes, you should use the Corid. You want to get this under control as quickly as possible to help prevent damage to the intestinal mucosa.

Dose for liquid Corid is 2tsp or Powdered Corid is 1 1/2tsp per gallon of water given for 5-7 days as the only source of drinking water. Do not add any extra vitamins or supplements that contain B1 (Thiamine) to feed or water during the course of treatment.

Corid is not an antibiotic, it's a Coccidiostat that is a thiamine analogue which helps to block the thiamine transporter in Coccidia (Eimeria species). This helps prevent the Coccidia from growing and reproducing and helps keep their numbers under control until the chicks can build resistance.

 

[BlindLemonChicken]

I agree with the above-the corid will not hurt them but I have lost a chicken to cocci and its not pretty. They are even more susceptible when they're young.

 

[Perris]

Hi again! I have 4 5week old chicks and just discovered some bloody poop. This may sound dumb but I wanted to treat it naturally #1 so they could build up immunity and #2 I didn’t think our state sold corid. The chicks are all acting fine look great and the poop has improved but I asked farm supply if they had corid and they did! So now that I have it… should I use it? Again they look great. Has anyone had good results with herbs and garlic and cayenne or am I playing with fire?

These scientists had good results with herbs, and the referees and editors of the journal Poultry Science thought their report on their experiments good enough to publish, in 2022:
Phytochemical control of poultry coccidiosis: a review
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psj.2021.101542
The journal is free to view, it is not behind a paywall, so not only can you read this review article, but you can search the journal for anything else of interest.

 

[Presnell5]

Yes, you should use the Corid. You want to get this under control as quickly as possible to help prevent damage to the intestinal mucosa.

Dose for liquid Corid is 2tsp or Powdered Corid is 1 1/2tsp per gallon of water given for 5-7 days as the only source of drinking water. Do not add any extra vitamins or supplements that contain B1 (Thiamine) to feed or water during the course of treatment.

Corid is not an antibiotic, it's a Coccidiostat that is a thiamine analogue which helps to block the thiamine transporter in Coccidia (Eimeria species). This helps prevent the Coccidia from growing and reproducing and helps keep their numbers under control until the chicks can build resistance.

Thanks so much for your help!

Yes, you should use the Corid. You want to get this under control as quickly as possible to help prevent damage to the intestinal mucosa.

Dose for liquid Corid is 2tsp or Powdered Corid is 1 1/2tsp per gallon of water given for 5-7 days as the only source of drinking water. Do not add any extra vitamins or supplements that contain B1 (Thiamine) to feed or water during the course of treatment.

Corid is not an antibiotic, it's a Coccidiostat that is a thiamine analogue which helps to block the thiamine transporter in Coccidia (Eimeria species). This helps prevent the Coccidia from growing and reproducing and helps keep their numbers under control until the chicks can build resistance.

Thanks so much for your help they are still drinking from the small quart size waters so I’ll put 1/2 tsp in for a week. Now they are getting so big and I want to move them outside (obviously separate from the older hens) but I know that might be stressful. Do you recommend keeping them in place another 2 weeks? or after treatment in 1 week putting them out? And since I have the corid should I treat the others when the littles go out or when they start mixing? (They are in the same run but separated until it’s safe) there’s 7 older hens

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Thanks so much for your help!

Thanks so much for your help they are still drinking from the small quart size waters so I’ll put 1/2 tsp in for a week. Now they are getting so big and I want to move them outside (obviously separate from the older hens) but I know that might be stressful. Do you recommend keeping them in place another 2 weeks? or after treatment in 1 week putting them out? And since I have the corid should I treat the others when the littles go out or when they start mixing? (They are in the same run but separated until it’s safe) there’s 7 older hens

I normally do not keep chicks inside at all, rather they are housed near existing flocks right away and are also introduced to dirt that they will be exposed to.

If you have secure housing for them to go to and can provide a bit of heat if it's necessary in your climate, then moving them so they can get acclimated may be a good idea. Everyone does things a bit differently.