COCCIDIA!!! Lost 30 birds!!

[Schmidt Hill Farm]

I had a severe breakout of coccidia occur at the beginning of summer. I have lost 30 chickens as of this morning. I lost the first 22 in less than two weeks. I have been to the vet several times to have them check their poop and every time they still say there is Cocci even though they have been on Corid since the beginning. I was giving them a teaspoon and a half per gallon every day. The vet said to give them a half of a teaspoon for the rest of the summer, but I am still losing birds. They did have parasites so they were treated for those so they missed a dose of corid for that week that they were on the dewormer. I don’t know what else to do. I keep their food off the ground and waterer thoroughly cleaned, and I put down a layer of mulch to keep everything dry, even though it hasn’t rained in a while and I put sand down in the coop that has had the most sick birds and I clean it every single morning. I plan on doing that with the other coop also. I have done every Google search known to man, so I am stumped on what else to do.

 

[SmiYa0126]

@Wyorp Rock @azygous @Eggcessive please help!

 

[azygous]

You may not have been consistent enough in your treatment. If you are mixing liquid Corid, the proportions are two teaspoons of Corid to one gallon water mixed fresh each day for five days. Give the flock a week off, then do five more days.

In addition to the Corid solution, you may also give a drench dose to chickens that are seriously ill. This dose is approximately .5ml per chicken undiluted Corid 2xday for three days.

If you are not seeing improvement after the first few days, then you may need to obtain a sulfa antibiotic to treat possible necrotic enteritis which is what usually kills the chicken as it destroys the lining of the intestines.

You may treat with Corid and worm chickens at the same time safely. The two treatments do not have any drug interactions. Corid merely blocks thiamine in the intestines while a wormer acts as a sedative on the worms, causing them to let go of their anchor in the intestines and then they are absorbed as "food".

 

[Schmidt Hill Farm]

You may not have been consistent enough in your treatment. If you are mixing liquid Corid, the proportions are two teaspoons of Corid to one gallon water mixed fresh each day for five days. Give the flock a week off, then do five more days.

In addition to the Corid solution, you may also give a drench dose to chickens that are seriously ill. This dose is approximately .5ml per chicken undiluted Corid 2xday for three days.

If you are not seeing improvement after the first few days, then you may need to obtain a sulfa antibiotic to treat possible necrotic enteritis which is what usually kills the chicken as it destroys the lining of the intestines.

You may treat with Corid and worm chickens at the same time safely. The two treatments do not have any drug interactions. Corid merely blocks thiamine in the intestines while a wormer acts as a sedative on the worms, causing them to let go of their anchor in the intestines and then they are absorbed as "food".

The vet said for me not to give them together hence the reason i did the week off. He said that they give their younger chickens corid all summer regardless if they have cocci or not. I’m just wondering if they are becoming immune to it. If I give them a week off, do I need to give them vitamins during that week? You can literally feel their bones in their chest for most of the birds. Also, I’m using the powder because it treats more gallons. At first I treated all of them (including the adults) but he said not to treat the adults, and I have 10 waters total that hold between 1-4 gallons so I went through the powder pretty fast. I set out so many waterers because it’s been so hot and they go through water fast. I’ll call Monday and ask about the sulfa.

 

[Schmidt Hill Farm]

You may not have been consistent enough in your treatment. If you are mixing liquid Corid, the proportions are two teaspoons of Corid to one gallon water mixed fresh each day for five days. Give the flock a week off, then do five more days.

In addition to the Corid solution, you may also give a drench dose to chickens that are seriously ill. This dose is approximately .5ml per chicken undiluted Corid 2xday for three days.

If you are not seeing improvement after the first few days, then you may need to obtain a sulfa antibiotic to treat possible necrotic enteritis which is what usually kills the chicken as it destroys the lining of the intestines.

You may treat with Corid and worm chickens at the same time safely. The two treatments do not have any drug interactions. Corid merely blocks thiamine in the intestines while a wormer acts as a sedative on the worms, causing them to let go of their anchor in the intestines and then they are absorbed as "food".

What dosage should I use for the powder

 

[Eggcessive]

The dosage for the powder is 1.5 tsp per gallon of water. Your chickens may have a resisitant strain of coccidiosis that may require a sulfa antibiotics such as sulfadimethoxine or Albon, or a drug called toltrazuril. Those may be found online. I would get one or two chickens necropsied by your state vet lab to confirm coccidiosis.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I don't know what else to suggest. Have another necropsy through your state lab (Kord).

Do you have a copy of the necropsy report that you had previously? Mark out the personal info (your name/address) and post the final report so we can see what it says.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/sour-crop-with-coccidia.1631867/#post-27879789

 

[Schmidt Hill Farm]

I don't know what else to suggest. Have another necropsy through your state lab (Kord).

Do you have a copy of the necropsy report that you had previously? Mark out the personal info (your name/address) and post the final report so we can see what it says.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/sour-crop-with-coccidia.1631867/#post-27879789

 

[Schmidt Hill Farm]

I don't know what else to suggest. Have another necropsy through your state lab (Kord).

Do you have a copy of the necropsy report that you had previously? Mark out the personal info (your name/address) and post the final report so we can see what it says.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/sour-crop-with-coccidia.1631867/#post-27879789

 

[azygous]

Continual use of Corid would cause a thiamine deficiency. This can cause problems walking.

If I were you, I would consult another vet for another opinion. Vets are mostly right, but it's possible to get one that's not well trained or has nutty notions.

If I had just lost that many chickens following this vet's advice, I would consult another vet.