Coccidiosis -

[sandesnow]

I am in the process of treating Coccidiosis with Amprol. (Really wish I had some Sulfa as that stuff seems to knocks the snot out of Coccidiosis fast - Might have to get that from the vet.)

I got them to the end of the first seven days ( 3mL per 4c water/1 litre) reduced the treatment meds to 1mL per 4c/1 Litre, and today I noticed it flared back up with the weaker dose. (2nd day of the 2 week treatment)

I am trying to decide if I start the higher dose over? or not.. Any advice to that? I also this morning took them OFF shavings bedding so that I can have the poo fall away. I hate putting birds on wire, but at this point I NEED to get a handle on this. Everyone appears to be feeling fine. Eating and drinking well. Happy birds.

Brooder is an old crib, with a small tarp inside. Dollar store pantry racks to elevate the hardwire cloth. Zip ties to secure the hardware cloth in the corners for strength. 3.5 week old Barred Plymouth Rocks, from a SoP breeder.

 

[4 Georgia Hens]

They ALL have cocci?!
What are the birds symptoms? Do they seem lethargic? Are they looking distracted? Cut off from the group?
One sure way to see if the really have cocci is; are they pooping blood?

You should try natural remedies. I don't have one to recommend, but it is worth looking up!
Personally, I would never use man-made medicine. I ALWAYS resort to the natural side of things.

 

[andreanar]

I just got done treating for cocci, I had 1 pullet die and 1 pooping blood, so I treated them all. I used Corid, 1 1/2 tsp per gallon of water for 5 days. All birds have looked great starting day 3 of treatment. They have been done with meds for a week and all is still good. Maybe you aren't dealing with cocci??

 

[4 Georgia Hens]

I just got done treating for cocci, I had 1 pullet die and 1 pooping blood, so I treated them all. I used Corid, 1 1/2 tsp per gallon of water for 5 days. All birds have looked great starting day 3 of treatment. They have been done with meds for a week and all is still good. Maybe you aren't dealing with cocci??

I'm sorry for your loss. I didn't mean to be offensive, if it came across that way. I was just curious about how they were acting and if they all had cocci. If there still is cocci victims I recommend that you quarantine the sick ones from the rest of the babies. That way if there still is a sick one, the other healthy ones wouldn't get it. Maybe treat the healthy ones with natural remedies... But otherwise carry on!

 

[4 Georgia Hens]

You should probably separate the healthy one from the one that was sick.

 

[sandesnow]

They ALL have cocci?!
What are the birds symptoms? Do they seem lethargic? Are they looking distracted? Cut off from the group?
One sure way to see if the really have cocci is; are they pooping blood?

You should try natural remedies. I don't have one to recommend, but it is worth looking up!
Personally, I would never use man-made medicine. I ALWAYS resort to the natural side of things.

When you have a coccidiosis outbreak, you treat everyone, not just one. (Especially in a case like this where they are all in the same brooder.) Chicks are acting fine, not lethargic at all and are eating well. While I thank you for your reply and I appreciate your thoughts, I am just wondering about the question I posed. I use medications that are tried and proven.
Some like natural remedies, that is fine and that is their choice, that however, isn't mine when dealing with illnesses or parasite loads.

andreanar

I just got done treating for cocci, I had 1 pullet die and 1 pooping blood, so I treated them all. I used Corid, 1 1/2 tsp per gallon of water for 5 days. All birds have looked great starting day 3 of treatment. They have been done with meds for a week and all is still good. Maybe you aren't dealing with cocci??

It cleared it up after day 3, so I am 99% sure that is what I am dealing with. I may take in a fecal though. So your thoughts on possibly being something else, is a good one. (I am just seeing what I think may be a relapse.) No one is so ill that they will be dying anytime soon, so I guess I have that in my favour. I just am wondering if back on the full strength treatment is the right move for a few days longer.

 

[andreanar]

I, personally, would go ahead with full strength again and see what happens.

 

[sandesnow]

Yup that is what I did, and we seem to be good so far. I did notice another splotch yesterday, but I believe it was intestinal shedding, rather than cocci. No blood.

 

[barn206]

I just got done treating for cocci, I had 1 pullet die and 1 pooping blood, so I treated them all. I used Corid, 1 1/2 tsp per gallon of water for 5 days. All birds have looked great starting day 3 of treatment. They have been done with meds for a week and all is still good. Maybe you aren't dealing with cocci??

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[as110]

I have treated a hen in isolation for coccidiosis. I separated her at the first sign of being lethargic and snotty. She was in the house for a few days to see if it was the weather change that made her sick and if she could fight it off on her own, because there were and still are some that look snotty. But she wasn't eating or drinking so I started her on Corid. She started to eat omlette after the first dose, she started to walk around and being interested in things after the second dose and I fed started feed which is medicated with amprol, she seemed to prefer small pieces and she does not make a sound which makes me think she had a sore throat, and she was ravenous after the third dose so I added some grower feed which has more protein. Today is day 4 and she has not had her med yet (I am using a syringe so I can be sure she gets the dose), and she got up as soon as I turned the light on and she is eating and drinking fine now, started, grower and oats, rice, she has electrolytes, ACV and tetra in the water. Her poops became normal yesterday. I will finish the 5 days on meds. She still seems to have some mucous in the nostrils.

My question is, once the Amprol is finished, can I put her back outside with the rest of the hens? Or do I need to wait until the mucous disappears from the nose?

There are a few hens and roosters in the last month (August and September) that seems to be having mucous in the nostrils, 2 were treated with tetracycline when I wasn't sure what they had and they were lethargic, I didn't think it was cocci since I didn't see bad poops, always a single bird in isolation when I know exactly which is sick, and the gurgling sounds mostly disappeared but once in a while I hear it from here or there. I did not treat everyone with tetracycline because I didn't want to waste all those eggs, they didn't stop eating or drinking, they were doing chicken things and running around not looking lethargic. Basically I just isolated the ones that were lethargic and needed help with feeding and drinking to take the meds and fed back the scrambled eggs to the medicated birds so no medication or eggs wasted. Also the tetra eggs were discarded. It is easier to know which one lays the tetracycline eggs if I keep them in isolation.
I would like to have everyone healthy and stop being snotty.

They get ACV in the water every day, garlic and electrolytes and oregano oil a few times a week. The coop is cleaned weekly, the floor is dry wood board so I can scrape it, there is a corner with straw for eggs but no one seems to be using it, and 4 nests off the floor with straw. Sometimes I see runny and wet poops that splatter to a large area. They have access to water in the coop, but food only outside.
Should I treat everyone with Amprol now, before the winter comes? I am not sure why they are having respiratory issues, they are free range, they get layer pellets and whatever they can find in the grass, some leftover kitchen scraps, but not meat. Grit and oyster shells are available all the time. They are laying nice clean eggs.