Coccidiosis

[tami1024]

Just checked on my little girl and she is sleeping peacefully. The rest of the flock seems to be doing ok.

 

[centrarchid]

Please PLEASE do NOT use any vitamin supplements or anything else when treating for Coccidiosis. Vitamin liquids contain thiamine-- which is what cocci feed on and Corid tries to prevent the cocci from eating. I made that mistake this week when treating my flock of 50 chicks for coccidiosis. I put Nutri-Drench in their water along with the Corid. The bloody poops continued for THREE DAYS. I was outside for hours trying to get them to drink the medicated water. Some bounced back but about half kept getting worse. Then I figured out my mistake and stopped the vitamin supplements yesterday. Today-- they're all eating and drinking well and are active.

Please learn from my mistake. Give ONLY the Corid in their water, nothing else, for 5-7 days.

Thiamine part of logic I agree with. Corid levels should be adequate to suppress Thiamine uptake by Coccidia during treatment. The Electrolyte component helps with maintaining electrolyte balance until gut does some healing. With Cocciodosis birds are being lost to dehydration like with extreme diarrhea. In my care regimen the electrolyte shortens down time from several to a few days with younger birds. I deal with Coccidia annually and tried it both ways at same time. Larger birds seemed not to benefit from Electrolyte solution. SO PLEASE YOU YOUR HEAD!

 

[tami1024]

Sorry to say that our little hen just passed. Thanks for all of your advice and help. The rest of the chicks seem to be ok lets hope it stays that way.

 

[centrarchid]

Watch remainder close. If all housed together, then continue same treatment regimen as described on your Corid container. The key to controlling losses is early detection and you need to see condition once to do so. You will see it again with later groups of birds. You can take steps to control it without having to jump directly into mediation.

 

[tami1024]

All of my chicks are partitioned off by size. I was told by the gentleman at the feed store to medicate all except the older ones that are laying eggs. They seem to be ok. I will keep dosing and hope for the best. I checked the coop this a.m. and didn't see anymore blood. Hopefully it stays that way. Thanks for all your help. It was a very sad morning.

 

[casportpony]

So sorry for your loss.

Take care of yourself.

-Kathy

 

[vnploveschickens]

Sorry to say that our little hen just passed. Thanks for all of your advice and help. The rest of the chicks seem to be ok lets hope it stays that way.

I'm sorry for your loss. My little one did not make it either. Very sad
She just didn't have a chance.
Not really sure it was cocci though.

 

[cricketsfarm]

Cornish cross broilers===What if you only have about 20 out of 90 5wks old chicks that look pale sick and about 10 that you know has bloody poo ........do you give them all 90 Corid?
Cause I can't figure out Exactly who has it and who doesn't.
I did manage to pick out the healthiest chicks (70) and seperated them but one or two of those have bloody poo but I don't know which.
Had 4 out of 94 deaths this morning.
I been giving them Apple cider vinegar today and got my husband to pick up some Corid powder that I haven't used yet.

Then I have 10 buffs and 10 RIR that are 5wks old. A buff was dead this morning. Checked their droppings and found a few bloody too. I put them all in a rabbit hutch seperated from healthier to maybe sick and actually watched one pass bloody poo. I put felt under the cages so I could inspect the poo to see how many and who was sick. Just the one so far.

 

[Island Roo]

Absolutely - treat every bird on your property.

The bad part about treating with corrid is so insignificant compared to the losses you could suffer if you don't control this.

Even if you could figure out which ones are sick today, 5 others could get sick tomorrow (when you have an outbreak).

ETA - I should have said "treat every chicken on your property". Coccidiosis is species specific.

 

[mithious]

X2, am going through this myself right now, treating ALL birds. Put meds in their water and treat all immediately!!!! Give no other water but treated water and if you are seeing bloody stools, treat for the full 7 days. I am, and then waiting 2 weeks and another treatment for 7 days. Also, you have to clean their housing, coops, ammonia works best to kill the cocci, remove all bedding and I am going to burn mine, then wash everything with the ammonia and put new bedding in coops.

Better safe than sorry, and treating with corrid only blocks the thiamine that the cocci live on in the chickens gut and intestines. So treating them all, even if you do have a few that are not sick, which is doubtful at this point, with the bloddy stool, it won't harm them at all!

Best of luck!

Liquid dose is 1 tsp
powder is 1/2 to 3/4th tsp

both are per gallon.

Oh, and I put mine out at night, that first dose especially, so that when they wake up, they are thirsty and will drink the treated water. If you have a bird that is NOT drinking, you can give the meds in the water, with a syringe, just drop at the side of their beak. I dipped my birds beaks, the ones I had questions if they were drinking!