Corid Application

[OrpDotes]

Hi all,
I posted earlier today about how one of our 8 chicks passed and learned if was probably FTT however, one of other chicks is now showing the only symptom the dead chick did which is lethargy. However this chick is the biggest and normally the most active. So I gave her some sugar water with some probiotics decided to give her some corid. I know you put a 2 teaspoons a gallon for treating sick chicks but is it ok just to give a drop or two to a singularly sick chick? Praying she's just tired and will be perked back up in the morning. Thanks so much!

 

[Wyorp Rock]

How old are your chicks?

If you have several chicks in the same brooder, I would treat them all. Corid is mild and safe to use when giving the proper dosage.
Corid dosage is 1 1/2 teaspoons Corid powder or 2 teaspoons of 9.6% Corid liquid per gallon of water.
Give for 5-7 days - make sure this is the ONLY water available during that time period. Mix a fresh batch at least once a day.

Some other things to consider if you have lethargic chicks is ventilation, how warm your brooder is (if chicks are able to get to a cool spot) and watch to see if they are staying hydrated.

 

[OrpDotes]

How old are your chicks?

If you have several chicks in the same brooder, I would treat them all. Corid is mild and safe to use when giving the proper dosage.
Corid dosage is 1 1/2 teaspoons Corid powder or 2 teaspoons of 9.6% Corid liquid per gallon of water.
Give for 5-7 days - make sure this is the ONLY water available during that time period. Mix a fresh batch at least once a day.

Some other things to consider if you have lethargic chicks is ventilation, how warm your brooder is (if chicks are able to get to a cool spot) and watch to see if they are staying hydrated.

We have 4 BOs and 3 GLWs. The BOs are only a couple days old, and the GLWs are a week and a half. It's a GLW that's lethargic (the chick that passed was another GLW). The brooder is small right now, maybe 3' by 1 1/2', it's a plastic storage bin. I am currently building a new 4' by 4' brooder for them. I could probably bring it in tonight and just put the roof on tomorrow if you think the ventilation might be the issue. Right now the chicks are eating together at the feeder or scratching in the shavings, and the lethargic one is lying alone in the corner asleep she's been that way for close to 30 minutes. Not sure what to do? Also, is it safe to mix cordid with chick boost/probiotics. Thanks for the reply!

 

[OrpDotes]

How old are your chicks?

If you have several chicks in the same brooder, I would treat them all. Corid is mild and safe to use when giving the proper dosage.
Corid dosage is 1 1/2 teaspoons Corid powder or 2 teaspoons of 9.6% Corid liquid per gallon of water.
Give for 5-7 days - make sure this is the ONLY water available during that time period. Mix a fresh batch at least once a day.

Some other things to consider if you have lethargic chicks is ventilation, how warm your brooder is (if chicks are able to get to a cool spot) and watch to see if they are staying hydrated.

On further inspection it looks like her bottom and vent may be swollen.

 

[OrpDotes]

She also doesn't appear to want to eat or drink.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Also, is it safe to mix cordid with chick boost/probiotics.

On further inspection it looks like her bottom and vent may be swollen.

She also doesn't appear to want to eat or drink.

I would not mix the Corid with anything else. Give chick boost/probiotics after you finish your full treatment of Corid.

You mention that her bottom and vent may be swollen - do you have photos?
Is her vent clear of pasting?
Is her navel healing/healed up?

She may be constipated if she is not drinking enough - do what you can to get her hydrated. Fluids first, then offer a little wet chick starter.

Let us know how she is.

 

[OrpDotes]

Thanks for the quick reply! She seems to be doing a lot better. I gave them all a dose of corid in their water, along with some probiotics. I hadn’t got this response yet. Could this have hurt them? As well as the corid, I gave the sick looking one some probiotics and sugar in about a teaspoon of water. I saw on other threads that sugar could help boost them out of lethargy. She really liked the sugar, so she drank a lot out of a spoon from my hand. After this, I had her eat as much as she could of coconut oil. She would only eat about 1/4 teaspoon. I wasn’t quite sure if I should make her eat the whole teaspoon because she did not seem to like being forced to eat the stuff, and I was still not totally sure it was constipation. However, this seems to have helped a lot, and we have now seen her poop two times. As I said before, she seems to be doing a lot better. She’s still a little slow, but moving around with the group, eating, and drinking. I think the swelling in her vent and bottom seems to have gone down, although I can send a pic. Now the other two wyandottes have a little poop stuck to their feathers. No
pasty butt actually on or around the vent though. Little guy just pooped on my leg, so if I was constipation the coconut oil fixed it. It really does not seem very swollen at all anymore. Sorry for the long post. I was a little worried last night she wouldn’t make it. Again thanks so much for the response! Any other advice?

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Thanks for the quick reply! She seems to be doing a lot better. I gave them all a dose of corid in their water, along with some probiotics. I hadn’t got this response yet. Could this have hurt them? As well as the corid, I gave the sick looking one some probiotics and sugar in about a teaspoon of water. I saw on other threads that sugar could help boost them out of lethargy. She really liked the sugar, so she drank a lot out of a spoon from my hand. After this, I had her eat as much as she could of coconut oil. She would only eat about 1/4 teaspoon. I wasn’t quite sure if I should make her eat the whole teaspoon because she did not seem to like being forced to eat the stuff, and I was still not totally sure it was constipation. However, this seems to have helped a lot, and we have now seen her poop two times. As I said before, she seems to be doing a lot better. She’s still a little slow, but moving around with the group, eating, and drinking. I think the swelling in her vent and bottom seems to have gone down, although I can send a pic. Now the other two wyandottes have a little poop stuck to their feathers. No
pasty butt actually on or around the vent though. Little guy just pooped on my leg, so if I was constipation the coconut oil fixed it. It really does not seem very swollen at all anymore. Sorry for the long post. I was a little worried last night she wouldn’t make it. Again thanks so much for the response! Any other advice? View attachment 1332859View attachment 1332860View attachment 1332862

What a cute chick!

It was o.k. for you to give the probiotics and the Corid at the same time. No worries. Corid is a Thiamine blocker and the literature I have says to avoid excess Thiamine, so that's why most of us recommend no extra vitamins during the Corid treatment.
Generally you don't want to add anything else to your water except whatever medication you are using.

I'm very glad to hear she is doing better. Sometime chicks get constipated, they don't drink enough or who knows. Coconut oil is good to get things moving - the poop looks normal to me
I do make chick sized grit available free choice, even if I only feed chick starter - chicks can consume a small amount of bedding which can stop them up - I also feel that grit given at an early age promotes gizzard growth and health - just my opinion on that.

 

[OrpDotes]

I’l definitely try some chicks grit as soon as I can get some. One more question, one of my Wyandotte chicks is so small, she’s eating great and drinking but i’m just not sure if it’s normal she’s a week and a half right now and hasn’t grown much at all in the week we’ve had her. The other strange this is she’s feisty enough to not get bullied to much and has plenty of food but still not growing much. Is there anything I should do? Thanks so much!

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I’l definitely try some chicks grit as soon as I can get some. One more question, one of my Wyandotte chicks is so small, she’s eating great and drinking but i’m just not sure if it’s normal she’s a week and a half right now and hasn’t grown much at all in the week we’ve had her. The other strange this is she’s feisty enough to not get bullied to much and has plenty of food but still not growing much. Is there anything I should do? Thanks so much!

Does she seem to fill her crop?
If you have a postal scale, you could weigh her - about the same time each day or every other day - this way you will know if she is gaining.

Wyandottes can be fiesty It sounds like she is doing o.k. Some breeds or lines are slow growers or seem to grow in little spurts. I have some BR right now that are around 3wks old-they are just now barely getting a few pin feathers - it's the "line" they are from, slow growing. The other breed I have with them are bigger and feathering in - just the way it is.