Coccidia or intestinal lining

[NatureGirl74]

I found quite a bit more bloody diarrhea this morning so went ahead and gave them corid. One of the chicks seemed a little lethargic today too.

 

[Eggcessive]

Be sure to give the maximum dosage of Corid. That is 10 ml (2 tsp) of the liquid, or 1.5 tsp of the powder per gallon of water for 5-7 days. Once medicated feed is used, the coccidiosis vaccine is not effective, as far as I know. Are they on medicated starter or all flock feed? Either one is fine to use on chicks. All flock feed is used when their are chicks, roosters, and hens all living together and eating the same feed. Crushed oyster shell in a separate container should be available when chickens are of laying age, but not until then.

 

[NatureGirl74]

Be sure to give the maximum dosage of Corid. That is 10 ml (2 tsp) of the liquid, or 1.5 tsp of the powder per gallon of water for 5-7 days. Once medicated feed is used, the coccidiosis vaccine is not effective, as far as I know. Are they on medicated starter or all flock feed? Either one is fine to use on chicks. All flock feed is used when their are chicks, roosters, and hens all living together and eating the same feed. Crushed oyster shell in a separate container should be available when chickens are of laying age, but not until then.

They were on all flock, but now they're back on medicated starter. We couldn't find chick feed anywhere. I have liquid corid. I gave them 2.5 mL this morning. They're water bowl only holds 1 quart. I've seen almost all of them drink it, including the lethargic chick.

My main run has hens and roosters so they are on all flock with oyster shells in a separate feeder.

 

[NatureGirl74]

This morning I only found one bloody poop, which is way better than yesterday. There was less blood in the poop today than yesterday.

 

[NatureGirl74]

I'm not sure how fast corid is supposed to work, but today is the 4th day they've been on it, and I'm still finding bloody poop.

 

[NatureGirl74]

@BlindLemonChicken @Eggcessive
They've been on corid for 5 days now. I'm still finding blood in their poop, but not as much. The vet did a fecal today and didn't find anything. He recommended oxytetracycline, or treating for cocci again. They don't have any oxytetracycline. I've called a bunch of different vets and none of them have it either. One vet recommended something similar, but our vet only has one bottle and it costs $100. He said to check back in the morning. Do you think this will clear up on it's own, since it's not parasites?

 

[Eggcessive]

Where are you located? Many feed stores sell LA200 oxytetracycline injectable for cattle in the refrigerated medicines. Get syringes with needles as well. You can give 1 ml now, and again in 3 days into the breast muscle 1/4 inch deep.
I’m not so sure there wasn’t coccidiosis, since that is common at their age. But the tetracycline might help if there is enteritis.

 

[NatureGirl74]

Where are you located? Many feed stores sell LA200 oxytetracycline injectable for cattle in the refrigerated medicines. Get syringes with needles as well. You can give 1 ml now, and again in 3 days into the breast muscle 1/4 inch deep.
I’m not so sure there wasn’t coccidiosis, since that is common at their age. But the tetracycline might help if there is enteritis.

They have it at the feed store, but it's really expensive and the smallest size is 100 mL. I only need 4.6 mL for all of them to get 2 doses. They only weigh 10 oz. I agree, I do think they had coccidia because corid did help. I have terramycin, which has tetracycline, but it's a topical.

I only saw one poop today with blood in it, and it was a really tiny spot, probably 2mm in diameter. I don't see any diarrhea either for once.

 

[BlindLemonChicken]

Others will know better than me at this point. Good luck! Sounds like things are headed in the right direction!