Sorry if this has been addressed in previous posts, I couldn't exactly find what I was looking for!
I had 25 chicks arrive a week ago today. 10 CX, 10 black broilers, 5 std cornish (2 dark, 3 buff). 24 hours after arrival, I lost a dark cornish, and I thought, ah, such is the stress of shipping, and didn't think too much of it. I probably should have, because all of the birds looked GREAT and there really was no obvious cause of death. She was trampled by the others by the time I got home.
Everyone seemed to be doing ok, until I came home last night to find one of the black broilers dead. Same thing, apparently squished, no other obvious signs of illness. The confounding factor was that it was WAY too hot in my garage... maybe close to 100, and the other chicks looked heat stressed. I ended up opening up all the doors and airing it out to cool off, and everyone looked fine later that evening and this morning we have no more losses at this point.
I started looking around the brooder, and I think I am seeing some loose bloody stools. They are currently eating fermented feed, and I wonder if with the extreme heat and humidity the coccidiosis is winning over the probiotics.
Everyone else looks good today, but I've decided I would like to treat everyone with Corid for 5 days just in case, I don't want to loose any more.
After treating them for the 5 day period, are they usually ok to go back to regular feed? I didn't get medicated feed this time since I tried the FF (grr.... probably won't do that again!), or do I need to keep them on the lower dose of amprolium for several weeks to give them an opportunity to build immunity?
Thanks!!!
I had 25 chicks arrive a week ago today. 10 CX, 10 black broilers, 5 std cornish (2 dark, 3 buff). 24 hours after arrival, I lost a dark cornish, and I thought, ah, such is the stress of shipping, and didn't think too much of it. I probably should have, because all of the birds looked GREAT and there really was no obvious cause of death. She was trampled by the others by the time I got home.
Everyone seemed to be doing ok, until I came home last night to find one of the black broilers dead. Same thing, apparently squished, no other obvious signs of illness. The confounding factor was that it was WAY too hot in my garage... maybe close to 100, and the other chicks looked heat stressed. I ended up opening up all the doors and airing it out to cool off, and everyone looked fine later that evening and this morning we have no more losses at this point.
I started looking around the brooder, and I think I am seeing some loose bloody stools. They are currently eating fermented feed, and I wonder if with the extreme heat and humidity the coccidiosis is winning over the probiotics.
Everyone else looks good today, but I've decided I would like to treat everyone with Corid for 5 days just in case, I don't want to loose any more.
After treating them for the 5 day period, are they usually ok to go back to regular feed? I didn't get medicated feed this time since I tried the FF (grr.... probably won't do that again!), or do I need to keep them on the lower dose of amprolium for several weeks to give them an opportunity to build immunity?
Thanks!!!
