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Avian Medicine: Principles and Applications

Avian Medicine: Principles and Applications
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Great resources ! These are much needed in my house, thank you ! I have a question regarding chick cocci since I see you have Amprol dosing info all worked out, if you don't mind.
 
I don't know much about this but I really admire the work you've done with her. The therapy regimen you've developed for her is great. I hope she heals nicely, poor ducky! Keep us updated!
 
Hi Kathy, my question is regarding a batch of 6 chicks I picked up on Saturday afternoon. I had to drive about 4 hours to get them from the breeder (1 Welsummer and 5 Buckeyes, mixed ages from 1-2 weeks old). They all seemed healthy and happy at the time of purchase in the brooder, although the cleanliness and health of the outdoor flock was questionable. This is where I rescued the duck from.

I kept them quiet in a small box with shavings on the drive. Once home, I noticed I had one chick not feeling well. She acted lethargic, wings droopy, and stumbled. She was one of the 2 week olds. The others seemed ok. I stayed up late with her, and juiced up some greens and carrot, then fed her the juice. I also got her to take a small amount of homemade yogurt. She was not interested in food. In the morning, I discovered she died in the night. I had 2 more chicks showing symptoms by that time. I raced to the store and picked up some liquid amprol (suspecting cocci as the culprit) and have been dosing the water. The 2nd chick to show stumbling and droopiness seems less droopy and doesn't stumble as much now, but still tires easily and lies down a lot. She is a 2 week old. The 3rd chick (1 week old) to show droopiness hasn't improved much. Mostly, she stands around with her eyes closed and wings drooping. She is drinking and interested in food so long as that is what everyone else is doing.

My question is - does this sound like cocci to you? I have never lost a chick in 3 years, and it happened so fast. I feel a bit cheated that these chicks were not actually healthy when I trusted the breeder to be honest. Doesn't this seem to be something they already had and the stress of travel brought it out? I learned later that the breeder was treating the chicks with a preventative dosing of amprol every few days. He also strongly recommended medicated feed, as he does not vaccinate. What do you suppose happened? Am I doing the right thing with their treatment? Will they be stunted since they had such a rough start?

Thank you.
 

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