Corrid question!

[Ksimone]

Hi! I have a question for literally anyone who will listen and have some advice! I have had ten chicks who have lived together for weeks, no issues at all. Recently I got three silkie hens from a local farm. Since all of the chicks would eventually live with the silkies, we let them
Spend some time
Together. On Friday morning I woke up and one of my chicks was just abruptly dead and the rest were pooping blood and had other signs of cocci. I had no choice but to treat the chicks with corrid or I’m confident they all would have died. Silkies are totally fine. My question is once the chicks are big enough to be outside can they safely live with the silkies? Since
They were definately
The ones who gave it to them? Or does the corid treatment do something to their immunity!? Should the silkies who are totally done and symptom free be treated?

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Hi! I have a question for literally anyone who will listen and have some advice! I have had ten chicks who have lived together for weeks, no issues at all. Recently I got three silkie hens from a local farm. Since all of the chicks would eventually live with the silkies, we let them
Spend some time
Together. On Friday morning I woke up and one of my chicks was just abruptly dead and the rest were pooping blood and had other signs of cocci. I had no choice but to treat the chicks with corrid or I’m confident they all would have died. Silkies are totally fine. My question is once the chicks are big enough to be outside can they safely live with the silkies? Since
They were definately
The ones who gave it to them? Or does the corid treatment do something to their immunity!? Should the silkies who are totally done and symptom free be treated?

Welcome To BYC

They can all live together. There are 9 strains of Coccidia, so likely the Silkies had encountered a strain that the chicks had not. It's not uncommon for chicks (or Adult birds) to have Coccidiosis when introduced to new ground or other chickens.

It wouldn't hurt to "re-treat" the whole flock once they are all together outside, Corid is mild and won't hurt them, but realistically if all of them were sick with the same strain and have now all recovered, they should have some resistance.

 

[Ksimone]

Welcome To BYC

They can all live together. There are 9 strains of Coccidia, so likely the Silkies had encountered a strain that the chicks had not. It's not uncommon for chicks (or Adult birds) to have Coccidiosis when introduced to new ground or other chickens.

It wouldn't hurt to "re-treat" the whole flock once they are all together outside, Corid is mild and won't hurt them, but realistically if all of them were sick with the same strain and have now all recovered, they should have some resistance.

Thank you for the advice! Seems like a good idea just In case! My friend also has silkies from the same farm and her chicks are dying left and right - is this normal?

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Thank you for the advice! Seems like a good idea just In case! My friend also has silkies from the same farm and her chicks are dying left and right - is this normal?

Sorry to hear your friend is having troubles.

She may want to start a thread with symptoms and photos of chicks/housing and see if there's anything she can adjust to help her chicks survive.