coccidiosis

[PunkinPeep]

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Does "in the coop" also mean "on the ground"?

Especially for those older ones, i would use 10 cc or 2 tsp of corid in a gallon of their water to knock it out quickly. Just from what you've shared here, it does sound like cocci, but you aren't spreading it on your hands. They've somehow encountered an area with a new strain or something. Perhaps, during their life, which was mostly during the winter, they simply didn't build up their natural resistance as chicks like they normally would if they were around active cocci organisms from early on. The cocci organisms aren't active when it's very cold, so spring may be the simple culprit here.

 

[mypicklebird]

Did you hatch the chicks at your place, or did you bring them in recently? If they were brought in as hatched & pooping chicks- they could be the source of the cocci. It is true that the 4 month olds are likely immune to whatever strain/type you have in your soil, but you may have unknowingly brought in a new variety with the new chicks, and as it takes a week or so for them to fall it, you may have brought them in incubating the disease. I would treat the older birds too.

 

[DuckDuckMoo]

Yes, my 4 month old are in the coop and have access to the ground/dirt. And I brought the new chicks home about 2 weeks ago as week olds. Again, the chicks are inside in a brooder and the chickens are outside in a coop. They were not together ever but being Fl it has been in the 70's past few days. So far I gave the older chicks the corid and they are hanging on. More questions and updates tomorrow. Thanks again for your knowledge.