If they are not getting better they are not drinking.hand water them stronger stuff.
Its not uncommon for them to be too sick to drink by the time you notice.
That or you have ecoli not cocci.
Its not uncommon for them to be too sick to drink by the time you notice.
That or you have ecoli not cocci.
Sigh. I found my sweet little 4 week old Frizzle Tolbunt dead in the sick room last night.I though everyone was doing better, they didn't seem as puffy feathered. He wasn't even the sickest looking of the bunch. Krafty's BBS Amer and my Russian Orloff are in there too.... I haven't been out yet this AM and I'm afraid to look.
Anyone got any other ideas/hints for getting through Cocci? I am using the Sulfamaxitone (sp?) at the severe dosage in the water.
When I get this batch better, would you all recommend treating the dirt in that pen or I can put a floor in and get the next batch off the dirt. What's better? I now have my current 1 week chicks in the house on medicated to help the next situation, the ones out on the Sulfa are on regular chicks feed.
I think my issue was they went out earlier, 3 weeks, than the first group, 5 weeks, who was in there, that batch never had an issue, and I ran out of chick starter for a couple days and put them on all poultry crumbles that have no probiotics, maybe that was just enough for the Cocci to take hold.