Corid powder for Peachicks.

[chckndaddy]

So my 2 Peachicks (between 4 and 5 months old) we're diagnosed with Coccidia by a Vet. We finished treating them for it a few weeks ago. I was wondering if I could put Corid powder in there water like once a month for a while just to make sure they don't get reinfected. If so I'd also like to know how much powder to put in their one gallon water container.

Thanks!

 

[ackie]

My peachicks are on medicated (amprolium) starter as a coccidiosis prevention plan. But you can use corid as a preventative measure. I have the liquid so I'm not sure how to dose the powder, but I just do whatever dose you give chickens. And I dont know the frequency of dosing for the preventative. It might not be just once a month.

 

[KsKingBee]

Medicated chick starter will NOT prevent cocci, if it did we would never need any cocci treatments. Corid is also not a good treatment for peachicks as it is limited in its effectiveness (but better than nothing). The better treatments are Toltrazuril (Baycox) or Sulfadimethoxine. We use Toltrazuril the first of the month to kill all cocci in the chicks system and Valbazen in the water mid-month, then ten days later we followup with the second dosing for worms.

 

[ackie]

Medicated chick starter will NOT prevent cocci, if it did we would never need any cocci treatments. Corid is also not a good treatment for peachicks as it is limited in its effectiveness (but better than nothing). The better treatments are Toltrazuril (Baycox) or Sulfadimethoxine. We use Toltrazuril the first of the month to kill all cocci in the chicks system and Valbazen in the water mid-month, then ten days later we followup with the second dosing for worms.

The 'preventative measures' wont prevent it, no, but they will help the chicks build up their natural ability to fight the coccidiosis, which does aid in preventing some or really bad infections. Otherwise there wouldn't be a point to medicated chick feed.

 

[KsKingBee]

The 'preventative measures' wont prevent it, no, but they will help the chicks build up their natural ability to fight the coccidiosis, which does aid in preventing some or really bad infections. Otherwise there wouldn't be a point to medicated chick feed.

Medicated chick starter was developed for chickens and is better suited for them. Peachicks have a much different system and suffer from cocci more than chickens do. Chickens can survive with much more cocci in them whereas a peachick will not. There is also a big difference between a coccidiostat and a coccidiacide, one retards the growth, the other kills the cocci. We produce between 300 to 500 peachicks per year and we could never keep them from dying using a coccidiostat.

 

[chckndaddy]

Ok thanks, I guess I'll get some corid powder and figure out the dosage later.

 

[ackie]

Ok thanks, I guess I'll get some corid powder and figure out the dosage later.

@KsKingBee has way more experience than I do, so if they said corid sucks for peafowl, I'd skip the corid.

 

[KsKingBee]

@KsKingBee has way more experience than I do, so if they said corid sucks for peafowl, I'd skip the corid.

I did say that it is better than nothing, so if Corid is all you can find asap use it. Now if you are planning for future use then get one of the others.

 

[chckndaddy]

Oh apparently I'm blind, I didn't even see that post. Thanks for pointing that out.

 

[chckndaddy]

I seem to be having trouble finding either of those recommendations, where do you usually get them from?