Coccidiosis Help? Advice needed asap?

[ReeseTheChick]

I have a chick that I think is infected with it. She sleeps a lot eats a little has watery poop. Doesn't move too much. What do I need to buy to make her better? Do I need stuff for water and food? Do I need to treat the chicks in the cage with her? Help me out here guys!

She is a bantam about a week old. Not on medicated feed (Should she be on it?) I am new to all of this. She doesn't have bloody poop but from what I here it isn't always bloody. But she is showing signs. What is the best way to treat it? Where can I buy the stuff to treat it?

 

[lceh]

Is she on medicated starter? Do you see blood in the poop? More info. please!

 

[ReeseTheChick]

Added more info to post above. Please help me out!!

 

[dawg53]

You can use Corid 9.6% oral solution. Dosage is 5cc per gallon of water x 5 days. It should be located in the cattle section at a feed store.

 

[ReeseTheChick]

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Do I use medicated feed too?

 

[dawg53]

If you are using unmedicated chick starter/grower, continue to use it. The Corid will most likely clear up the cocci...if that's what it is.

 

[ReeseTheChick]

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I do think it is. As for the other chicks in the cage with her... Should they be on the Corid too? I don't want to lose them.

 

[dawg53]

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Yes. Cocci can easily spread to the others.

 

[ReeseTheChick]

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Yes. Cocci can easily spread to the others.

Thank you

 

[DixieChickie]

Just for knowledge sake...what if the chicks had been on a medicated food....would you still use corid? I have sulmet from medicating a calf...if my chicks showed as sick, and they were on medicated food, could I still use the sulmet? I'm just asking for future knowledge as a just in case.