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My vet did the necropsy on the first chicken that died, my rooster. She sent tissues to the state lab. Results-they found nothing. I sent my two hens that died to the state in October, the vet said they were poultry experts, and that it would be the better way to go. THOSE REPORTS ARE STILL PENDING !! They are short staffed, and their work is backed up. So far they have found coccidia and crypto. The exotic stuff is what is pending (Newcastle, etc). A stool sample from yesterday's bird, that was his last defecation showed overwhelming coccidia present. My mother took my sick hen to a different vet a week ago, who found the same thing, he said it was "overflowing" with coccidia. The hen also *does* have e coli, the culture came back yesterday before I found my baby in distress. It is like their immune system has gone to hell. I just don't understand this.
I THINK I READ ON THIS FORUM THAT CAYEENE PEPPER BOOSTS THE IMMUNE SYSTEM...USE SOME HUMAN ACIDOPHILUS CAPSULES...OPEN UP AND SPRINKLE ON FOOD...THERE IS A MAN AT FIRST STATE VET, PETER BROWN THAT WILL ANSWER YOUR E-MAIL AND CAN PROBABLY TELL YOU THE RIGHT MED TO USE TO REDUCE THE COCCIDOSIS. THERE ARE OTHER MEDS OTHER THAN THE CORRID FOR THIS.
