dead chick : needing advice

[juggojiin]

So I went out to feed the chicks this morning and there was a dead chick in the yard of my red broilers. I thought maybe the death was the results of henpecking by the others, but on inspection the body of the chick not pecked to death; howevere there is bloody poop in the house. I closed the house to prevent the rest of the chicks from getting into the poop, put probiotics in the water, and removed the dead chick. What should I do besides research the cause of this death?

 

[chickymickey]

I am sorry to hear about the death
What you mainly need to do is investigate so you can prevent this from happening. Did a predator possibly sneak into the coop and killed the chicken? If so, how did it get there? Think of all the possibilities and look for clues until you have found the source. Immediately, fix the problem and look for others so your chickens can be safe. I hope this helped and if it did please let me know! Good luck cracking the case!!!

 

[five is my dog]

it sounds like cocci, i would treat all of them for it. mix some yogurt with the food to make a paste and feed that to you chickens.

 

[Fred's Hens]

Corid in the water. With 20% powder form, found at TSC and feed stores, mix 1/2 teaspoon per gallon and allow them to only drink this treated water for the next 5-8 days. Coccidiosis is fast moving and can take out a flock quickly.

Do not provide any vitamins during treatment, as they are counter indicated. You're trying to starve the cysts of thiamine so do not supply any vitamins for cocci to feed off.

 

[juggojiin]

Thanks everyone for timely response! I checked for predators first,and saw no signs. I gave save a chick

 

[MrsBachbach]

Save a chick won't do it if they have cocci. Bloody poop usually means cocci. I would do as the other poster suggested and get some Corid. Asap.

 

[Fred's Hens]

If they have coccidiosis, and it seems most likely the culprit, ANY vitamin supplement is contra-indicated. You do NOT want to feed the intestinal cysts of cocci vitamins. Treatment involves doing precisely the opposite. The cysts are conquered by starving them of thiamine. This is what Corid does.

I wish you the best with your flock. Losing chicks to cocci is a horrible thing. It moves fast and kills quickly.

 

[RonC]

Take Fred's advice asap.

 

[juggojiin]

So I went to the feed store first thing this morning because it was closed yesterday. Thankfully the save a chick helped a little, but I bought the only form of Corid that my feed store has in stock. this is a 9.6% oral solution for calves. I am not sure how to give this formula, or if it will be too strong - what do you think, Fred? the 5 day treatment protocol is daily dosage: 10 mg/kg ( 10 mg per 2.2 lb body weight); in drinking water, 16 fl oz/100gal! AHHH conversions! I have a 2 gallon water container for my chicks, so what is the dosage?

 

[juggojiin]

Also, the bottle says:

Use Directions: there are 96 mg of amprolium in every 1 mL of CORID 9.6% solution

then coversions:
1 fl oz = 29.57 mL
1 fl oz = 2 measuring tablespoons
8 fl oz = 1/2 pint
16 fl oz = 1 pint