Cocidiodsis????

[casportpony]

Firstly worming your hens will cure coccidiosis if nipped in the bud. Secondly dont keep growers with adults and thirdly fee youfr young chicks a starter crumb which contains coccidiostat. This will help them become imune to the parasite

Not true!

Worming WILL NOT control/cure a coccidiosis outbreak. Coccidiosis is a parasitic infection of the intestinal,but not like typical worms,worming will do absolutely nothing for Coccidiosis. Most birds have some cocci in their small intestines,only becomes a problem if they have an overload/outbreak,then we medicate with a coccidiostat to bring it back under control.

Chickens are only immune to the strains of coccidiosis that they have had exposure to,so it is possible for a chicken at any age to have an overload/outbreak.

X2!

ten chicks-if a suitable wormer is used it will cure an early outbreak.

No it won't!

yes it will if it is used as soon as cocci breaks out.

Wrong again!

Please don't think I'm picking on you, 'cause that's not my intention.

We would all like to see a properly documented study that proves us all wrong, but I don't think one exists. Of course worming is always a good idea, IMO.

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

Hello, I am only less than a year into raising a small flock of egg laying hens in Western NY area. Today my husband awoke to one of our white chickens with a bloody bottom/vent. She is moving very slowly around the coop and staying away from the other chickens. This is the 3rd hen to be found this way in the past 3 months....the other 2 died the same day we noticed the bloody bottom/vent. The first one died before we noticed her bleeding but when we found her, she had a bloody vent and not egg bound. The 2nd one, who died a month ago, we found her listless, bloody vent, and not moving out of the laying box. I was able to check her to see if she was egg bound, and she wasn't and died that night. The next day we treating the remaining 10 hens with Corid for 5 days and then starting putting cider vinegar in their water and changing their water every 12 hrs. Now this one........ I am suspecting Cocidiosis as all the research into her and my last lost hen points me that way. Someone said to us that they washed the ground with a Clorox/water mixture to help kill the parasites.....but that would make me worry about killing the flock with Clorox. What is my best way to try and prevent this from happening in the future???? We have become so attached to them and this is so difficult for us to keep loosing our "girls". Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Chicka Momma

Welcome to BYC and Happy New Year!
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If they were my hens I would treat with Corid at the .024% level for 5-7 days which is 1.5 teaspoons of the powder or 2 teaspoons of the liquid per gallon. I'd also de-worm them with Safeguard or Valbazen. The Safeguard dose I use most is .5ml per 2.2pounds (50mg/kg). I haven't used Valbazen, but if I were to I would use .2ml per 2.2 pounds (~20mg/kg). Repeat with either wormer in ten days.

Can you post a picture of the bloody poop?


-Kathy

 

[maxpedley]

flourish by calinnova is a herbal product which works as a wormer and anticoccidial actually

 

[casportpony]

flourish by calinnova is a herbal product which works as a wormer and anticoccidial actually

Show me a study that says that.

-Kathy

 

[maxpedley]

search it

 

[casportpony]

I did.

-Kathy

 

[maxpedley]

And did you see how it says it was anticoccidial and wormer

 

[casportpony]

I could not find a proper study. Please provide a link.

-Kathy

 

[maxpedley]

I havent found a proper study either but it says what it does

 

[Eggcessive]

Chicka Momma, how are your chickens doing today. Were you able to find Corid? Sorry for all of the debating, we are still out here listening and willing to help you. It's just that no one wants you to get wrong information.