Four-month-old chicks have no energy, will not eat, and have runny poo - possibly bad feed?

[BesideStillWaters]

My mom wants to know: if we have to administer corrid to some birds with a syringe and we also add it to water for birds who are drinking, how do we make sure everyone gets enough and some won't overdose?

 

[BesideStillWaters]

It's times like these where semantics are important. They stop being referred to as chicks when they are fully feathered and off heat, generally at 6 weeks old. They are then referred to as pullets or cockerels until one year old when they are referred to as hens and roosters/cocks.

Wow I had no idea. Thanks for the info. Yes I agree it is important. I'm glad I gave the age earlier and you caught on that my terms were incorrect.

I guess my two roosters are really cockerels in addition to the chicks being pullets and cockerels. It's weird to think of the two older cockerels (11 months old) as that instead of a rooster because one of them fathered some of my four month olds.

 

[Crazy Maizie]

My mom wants to know: if we have to administer corrid to some birds with a syringe and we also add it to water for birds who are drinking, how do we make sure everyone gets enough and some won't overdose?

You can't really overdose corrid. I usually add it to their drinking water, but you have to change it out every day. So once you make a batch use that to administer to the ones that aren't drinking.
Also, if you've had problems with lice and mites, throughly check your birds make sure they aren't infected.

 

[BesideStillWaters]

You can't really overdose corrid. I usually add it to their drinking water, but you have to change it out every day. So once you make a batch use that to administer to the ones that aren't drinking.
Also, if you've had problems with lice and mites, throughly check your birds make sure they aren't infected.

I've dipped the flock twice with permethrin. I havent seen any mites or lice since. I treated the fifteen as a prevention, I never saw any mites on them. But now they are due to be treated for the second time and I don't want to treat a sick bird.

 

[BesideStillWaters]

This is what I found, and she gave me these instructions. I diny need five gallons a day though. Maybe 2 gallons.

 

[BesideStillWaters]

Coccidia oocysts occur naturally in the soil and are part of the normal flora of a chickens gut in very small numbers. They multiply rapidly in wet conditions where the chickens pick up more oocysts and when this happens the population in the chickens gut can explode and cause disease.

Can you post pictures of the affected birds?
If the pullets are not willingly eating or drinking, you need to drench each bird. Give each bird 1/2 tsp undiluted Corid. CAREFULLY drip it along the corner of the beak so it wicks in and the bird swallows on its own. I would drench once daily for 3-5 days.
The Corid water for the initial period of treatment is 2 tsp per gallon of water for 7 days with no other source of drinking water available. Once you mix up a gallon of water and fill the waterer, any extra solution can be kept in the refrigerator. Change the water the next day.
After the first week, drop the concentration to 1 tsp per gallon of water and continue for another week.

I'm assuming this is for liquid? How do I do powder per gallon?

 

[BesideStillWaters]

Cocci live in the ground. Its everywhere and you cannot avoid it. It is always recommended to introduce clumps of dirt from the local soil because cocci is different depending on location. Then, the cocci load won't be as bad on newly intoduced chicks.
You want to act fast. I would treat the whole flock.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...-amprol-amprolium-dosing.818879/post-11899998

Oh found it! I'm on my phone and had trouble finding the link for the powder.

 

[Crazy Maizie]

I've dipped the flock twice with permethrin. I havent seen any mites or lice since. I treated the fifteen as a prevention, I never saw any mites on them. But now they are due to be treated for the second time and I don't want to treat a sick bird.

You don't want to skip the second treatment because that is what can cause pest resistance.
When you say dipped - do you mean sprayed or do you actually dip your birds in something?

 

[BesideStillWaters]

You don't want to skip the second treatment because that is what can cause pest resistance.
When you say dipped - do you mean sprayed or do you actually dip your birds in something?

I sprayed them twice, didnt knock the mites / lice out, so then I dipped them twice. Dunked. Permethrin. It worked. I dont want to skip it, but I dont want to soak a sick bird either.

 

[BesideStillWaters]

Can you post pictures of the affected birds?