Disease Prevention & Flock Health

[La Maison des Poules]

I am currently treating my flock of hens with Corid. I don't think they have Coccidia, but I noticed a few with runny stools. So, as a preventative, I've been adding Corid to thier drinking water to the proper directions on the bottle. But can I add Corid for Coccidia treatment, as well as the Rooster Booster vitamin supplements that I normally add?

 

[U_Stormcrow]

I'll give you a hint.

Corid is Amprolium. Amprolium is a Thiamine Antagonist (meaning it attempts to block the pathways that carry Thiamin - vitamin B1), making htem much less efficient at thiamine transport. If you put enough Vitamin B1 in the environment, it doesn't matter that the processes carrying it aren't doing it well, because there's so much of it available.

Now check your bottle of "Rooster Booster" (which, at least around me, is a brand, not a product name) for the ingredients. If you see "Thiamine Hydrochloride (Vitamin B-1)" or similar, then you can be sure your vitamin suppliment is making your Corid less effective.

Also, for a host of reasons, I don't generally recommend dosing your birds on anything you don't need to - though its certainly true that many commercially raised birds are fed Amprolium-supplimented feed substantially all their lives.

 

[saysfaa]

I am currently treating my flock of hens with Corid. I don't think they have Coccidia, but I noticed a few with runny stools. So, as a preventative, I've been adding Corid to thier drinking water to the proper directions on the bottle. But can I add Corid for Coccidia treatment, as well as the Rooster Booster vitamin supplements that I normally add?

Runny stools don't necessarily mean anything is wrong. Sometimes it just means they are eating different things... either not what they had been eating or something that results in looser stools even if they are eating it regularly. Both can be things that are healthy for them.

 

[bhawk-23]

Do you have a local vet that can do fecal floats for you? Poop can say a lot about the health of your flock in my opinion. Getting a fecal test done can help you pinpoint the issue and treatment needed or rule out there is one.