Concentrated Corid for sick chick??

[Oldtymegal]

Thank you everyone for the quick responses. I have already rethought my idea to just treat the one chick since at 8 wks old, even though acting sick she keeps flying out of the box that I was trying to keep her in inside the house & constantly cheeping. She missed her sisters! I started them all on Corid 1.5 tsp powder/gallon water tonight. I don't think this will harm the healthy ones even though this is the 3rd treatment round in 8 wks? I didn't mention this in the original post but I have them on medicated starter feed since I got them at a few days old. They were sexed & from a hatchery but the person I bought from did not think they were vaccinated because he didn't ask them to. Kathy, I would also like to treat the sick one as you recommended but how do you weigh a chick? Any guess at how much an 8 wk buff orphington should weigh? This little chick is not as sick as she was at 3 wks old but the last couple of days I noticed her not always eating with the others but walking away after eating just a little. She isn't running around as much, feathers more puffed out, tail down & her beak looks paler than the others. The short period of time I had her inside she did eat & drink a little so I hope I caught this early. Again, thanks to everyone, I've only had chickens a few months & this is a learning experience!

 

[casportpony]

If she's smaller than the others my best guess on weight would be 500-700 grams, but let me double check a few things.

To weigh mine I use a kitchen scale that I bought at Target.

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

Here is a table I found for "commercial" type chickens. BO's are quite a bit bigger, maybe even as large as my peachicks are. Just looked up the weight data on my peachicks at 8 weeks and they weighed 600-900 grams.

Source:http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ps046
Table 2.
Example of target body weights during the rearing of replacement pullets.
Age
(weeks)

Body weight
(Pounds)

(Grams)
1

0.14

65
2

0.24

110
3

0.40

180
4

0.55

250
5

0.71

320
6

0.88

400
7

1.10

500
8

1.28

580
9

1.50

680
10

1.70

770
11

1.92

870
12

2.09

950
13

2.27

1030
14

2.43

1100
15

2.56

1160
16

2.67

1210
17

2.76

1250
18

2.82

1280
19

2.89

1310
20

3.00

1360

Does that help?

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

I think a safe amount to give would be for a 500 gram chick, so give 0.18ml of the mix twice a day. Ignore my orininal direction, I think I made a typo.

-Kathy

Discalimer: Not thinking staright right now, so give me an hour to verify amounts.

 

[Oldtymegal]

I will visit Walmart tomorrow for a kitchen scale!! Thanks bunches. P.S. My husband says we will probably break even on the cost of these chicks in year 2020! Whatever, these girls love to be held & petted, come running when they see me vying for attention. Eggs will just be a bonus someday.

 

[casportpony]

Got blood sugar up and thinking better, lol.

1/2 teaspoon = 270mg amprolium + 10 ml of water, so that means that you have 10ml of water with 270mg amprolium, which means each one ml has 27mg amprolium. The dose I use is 20mg/kg once a day or 10mg/kg twice a day, so the math for a 500 gram (0.5kg) chick looks like this:

0.5 x 20 / 27 = 0.37 ml once a day
*or*
0.5 x 10 / 27 = 0.185 ml twice a day

Sorry if this is confusing, I don't mean for it to be, but I do make mistakes, so I like letting people know what math I used in case I made an error.

This site has a good article on how to give oral meds:
http://www.hopkinslivestock.com/oral_dosing_article.htm

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

I will visit Walmart tomorrow for a kitchen scale!! Thanks bunches. P.S. My husband says we will probably break even on the cost of these chicks in year 2020! Whatever, these girls love to be held & petted, come running when they see me vying for attention. Eggs will just be a bonus someday.

BO's are one of my favorite breeds!

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

If you don't mind, please let me know how much they weigh.

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

Once they get used to being weighed they'll just stand on it:




-kathy

 

[Oldtymegal]

I bought a scale at Walmart, it wasn't digital, just a dial. By this scale the little sick one was a little over 200 gms. Probably starting to get dehydrated. Since I gave her 0.18cc last night I let that be a once a day dose & will give 0.14 cc after 24 hrs. for a second dose or try to measure out 0.07cc BID. Do you think that sounds right? Her sisters range from 350 to a little over 400 grams. This picture show them in comparison with my 8 mth old Jersey giant hens which I would guess are about 4-5 times bigger. ( They don't like to be held to weigh) The Jerseys are about the size of most adult hens I've seen. The chick coop is 2 ft X 4 ft to help judge size.