Dying chickens

[Mjohn440]

I have had probably six chickens die in the last 24 hours they all start to look like this and just fall over dead

 

[nuthatched]

What are their ages? Symptoms? Diet?
Anything they could have found that was toxic or moldy?

 

[Mjohn440]

What are their ages? Symptoms? Diet?
Anything they could have found that was toxic or moldy?

They are probably around eight weeks old. They haven’t had any changes and food and they just get hunched up close their eyes and die nothing moldy.

 

[nuthatched]

They are probably around eight weeks old. They haven’t had any changes and food and they just get hunched up close their eyes and die nothing moldy.

What is their food? Have you tried treating for coccidiosis?

 

[Mjohn440]

What is their food? Have you tried treating for coccidiosis?

The lady at Tractor Supply just told me I shouldn’t treat for Cosas because they could do more harm

 

[NewcoopNewpoop]

The lady at Tractor Supply just told me I shouldn’t treat for Cosas because they could do more harm

Thats odd because when I treated for it with CORID my chickens got better within 24 hours and thrived. If it is coccidia it would be hard to do more harm than 'dead.'
I would go for it.

 

[LaFleche]

They look to be in dire need of coccidiosis treatment.

As they are already dying I would immediately start them on a sulfa drug like sulfadimethoxine or similar.
https://jedds.com/products/trimethoprin-sulfa-medpet

Hopefully, at least some will survive.

 

[LaFleche]

The lady at Tractor Supply just told me I shouldn’t treat for Cosas because they could do more harm

This lady obviously did not know what she was talking about.
Let her know what deadly results her 'advice' produced.

 

[nuthatched]

The lady at Tractor Supply just told me I shouldn’t treat for Cosas because they could do more harm

There's no harm from coccidiosis treatment, it's just a thiamine inhibitor.
They need treatment asap and tell her to learn a little more about the products and their uses as she's required to.

 

[Eggcessive]

Get some Corid from the cattle medicines right away and start treatment for coccidiosis. Dosage is 2 tsp of the liquid or 1.5 tsp of the powder per gallon of water for 5-7 days. Get them all drinking the water right away. Pick up a couple of syringes, and give each pullet 0.1 ml of undiluted Corid per pound orally daily as a drench as well. Sulfa antibiotics are also good, but most require a prescription or need to be ordered online from a pigeon medicine supplier. Toltrazuril is also used for coccidiosis, and found online. Sorry that you lost chicks, and do not take any advice from a feed store clerk. Most are nit that knowledgeable unless they keep chickens or have worked there for years.