Coccidia Question

[sweetshoplady]

One of my new EEs I believe has coccidia. I searched and came to that conclusion from someone else's post here who had her symptoms. I gave her and all the youngsters sulmet and poly-vi-sol last night and plan to for the next 4 days. My question is should I give the sulmet to the 13 wk old Delaware's or wait til the Alban gets here for them? And should I treat Millie (yr old RIR hen)?

Betty is in a separate cage so that I can moniter her. I put her there while I tried to find out why she had bloody poop.

Thanks in advance.

 

[SpottedCrow]

I would treat them all...because the ones that haven't had the antibiotic made reinfect the others.

 

[greyfields]

If one has it, they've all been exposed. If you have a year old hen, she's certainly been infected and survived it and is now resistant. It can't really hurt to treat them all; but I wouldn't freak out and expect her to die without symptoms.

It is very very simply to take a fecal sample from chickens to a vet and have them check for coccidiossis. It cost me $10 last time. This will validate your diagnosis and save you money in the long run from buying drugs the may not need.