Help!! All my chicks are dying

[cynrg8]

I got these chicks last weekend and right off the bat one started acting sick. I quarantined her but her eyes were closed and was acting lethargic and weak and eventually couldn’t stand or hold her wings and head up. Now it’s starting to happen to all my chicks one by one. I added corid to the water and it seemed like it helped for two days but now two more are showing symptoms

 

[nuthatched]

I'm sorry.
What do you feed them, how do you keep them warm, what is the bedding in your Brooder, where did you get them?

 

[cynrg8]

I'm sorry.
What do you feed them, how do you keep them warm, what is the bedding in your Brooder, where did you get them?

I started them off on medicated feed when I got them. I’m not sure what they were fed before. I got them from a semi local breeder. And I use pine shavings

 

[cynrg8]

I'm sorry.
What do you feed them, how do you keep them warm, what is the bedding in your Brooder, where did you get them?

I also forgot to mention I use a heatlamp in the brooder on one side and the other side is clear just in case they get too hot

 

[Banana01]

In this type of emergency, I mix banana with their regular feed to form a mash (Banana is a "prebiotic" which is an indigestible carb that delivers nutrients deeper into their tracts). You may have to hand feed them to be sure they get the food. If you don't know how to hand feed, it may take some patience on your part but it's not hard. Even if you can't give them a prebiotic, you may need to hand feed them something anyway because they probably will quit eating. Mix water with their food and give it to them that way as an alternative.

I would stop the corrid since they had two days, but what do the directions for the medicine say (I don't want to conflict the directions)? I would give only pure water and the prebiotic feed I mentioned above.

Edit: Mixing vitamins with corrid has an antagonizing effect. The vitamins counter the effects of the medicine. That is why it may be advisable to stop the corrid and give water for a day before returning to maybe vitamins in the water.

What type of vitamins are in your medicated feed? They need B vitamins and K vitamins and the others. If they aren't getting this in the feed, then they need them in the water. Just not B vitamin with Corrid.

 

[cynrg8]

In this type of emergency, I mix banana with their regular feed to form a mash (Banana is a "prebiotic" which is an indigestible carb that delivers nutrients deeper into their tracts). You may have to hand feed them to be sure they get the food. If you don't know how to hand feed, it may take some patience on your part but it's not hard. Even if you can't give them a prebiotic, you may need to hand feed them something anyway because they probably will quit eating. Mix water with their food and give it to them that way as an alternative.

I would stop the corrid since they had two days, but what do the directions for the medicine say (I don't want to conflict the directions)? I would give only pure water and the prebiotic feed I mentioned above.

The directions say 5 days for treatment but I’m not even sure if they even have coccidiosis that’s just what some think. I’ll try hand feeding the banana.

 

[cynrg8]

The directions say 5 days for treatment but I’m not even sure if they even have coccidiosis that’s just what some think. I’ll try hand feeding the banana.

I’m also not sure of the vitamins in the feed but before I started corid but when I first noticed the symptoms I was adding electrolytes and nutridrench to the water and that didn’t seem to make any difference

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Have you checked them for pasty butt?

 

[Sara S]

Where did u get them?