Egg Peritonitis Help

[ANiceKaren]

I’m glad to hear she is doing better. We are all hoping for a speedy and smooth recovery!

 

[azygous]

It's not unreasonable to treat for worms and coccidia when you have a sick chicken since those parasites can be present in our chickens in tiny numbers and not create problems until the chicken gets sick with something else. Then these bad actors can take advantage of the chicken's overworked immune system and start to multiply in the gut, compounding the illness, and sometimes overwhelming the sick chicken.

It adds very little stress to treat for them. If you decide to do so, it's best to treat every chicken at the same time.

That your hen is improving on the amoxy means there was likely infection involved and it's a good thing you treated her with it.

 

[ANiceKaren]

It's not unreasonable to treat for worms and coccidia when you have a sick chicken since those parasites can be present in our chickens in tiny numbers and not create problems until the chicken gets sick with something else. Then these bad actors can take advantage of the chicken's overworked immune system and start to multiply in the gut, compounding the illness, and sometimes overwhelming the sick chicken.

It adds very little stress to treat for them. If you decide to do so, it's best to treat every chicken at the same time.

That your hen is improving on the amoxy means there was likely infection involved and it's a good thing you treated her with it.

I’m going to get some corrid today and treat them all just in case

 

[ANiceKaren]

Coccidia are parasites that live in the soil, but to complete their life cycle. they need and animal host. Chickens enjoy nine different coccidia strains that only target chicken guts. Other strains hit only pigs, and cows have their own. And they all live all over the world.

Buy some liquid Corid when you go the the feed store. Ignore the label that says it's for sheep. You can mix one-teasoon in 2 quarts of water. Mix fresh each day and give it as their only source pf water for five days. You can follow up in a week with half that strength and for five more days. That's it.

If your chickens have never been wormed, it's not hard. Pick up some Safeguard wormer, ignoring it's for goats and horses, and give each chicken a pea size length of paste out of the tube. I squeeze it onto my finger and open the chicken's moth and wipe it off inside the beak. Do it again in 10 days.

These shouldn't interfere with the antibiotic or the calcium, the later she's probably had long enough. Just be sure to hold off on any B vitamins while they get their coccidia treatment or it will nullify any effect from the Corid.

Is this the liquid you recommend versus the powder?

 

[azygous]

That's it.

 

[ANiceKaren]

That's it.

So... I’m going to throw this out there. When I took the pic of Margaret about 2 weeks again with yolk on her someone on the app noticed she had mild bumblefoot... could THAT be causing her to be sick? She is doing pretty good today, but I’m wondering if that could be the culprit? I do have Koi antibiotic to soak her in but didn’t start because I thought this was morning critical. Would the Amoxy help with bumblefoot? It doesn’t look any worse at this point... just curious...

 

[azygous]

No. Bumblefoot has to go on for a long time and get pretty ugly for it to go into the bones of the foot. Most bumblefoot is restricted to the epidermis. The amoxy probably isn't affecting it. It needs soaking and topical antibiotic ointment.

 

[ANiceKaren]

No. Bumblefoot has to go on for a long time and get pretty ugly for it to go into the bones of the foot. Most bumblefoot is restricted to the epidermis. The amoxy probably isn't affecting it. It needs soaking and topical antibiotic ointment.

My girl today

 

[azygous]

Those are some really gorgeous chickens you have.

 

[ANiceKaren]

Those are some really gorgeous chickens you have.

Awww thank you! I love these ladies!