HELP! Coccidiosis problem

[TheChickenFanatic]

If you've treated them with Corid for five days and are still losing them, keep going another two days, and if then, you're still losing them, I'm thinking I'd switch to Toltrazuril.

JUST in case, have you double-checked the temp on the warm side?

Have you raised chicks before using the same water source, whether city or well?

Are you in the proximity of farm fields where they are spraying or yards where people are spraying weeds?

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Okay, I will! Where can I find Toltrazuril? Can I find it at Tractor Supply?

I have. It is roughly 85-87 degrees in there.

Yes, I have! I have hatched out hundreds of chicks this year and have been using the same water source. It's hard well water.

Maybe, but I live in a pretty secluded area. I personally don't spray my yard or anything like that. My neighbors might, but they are far enough away where I think it probably wouldn't affect these guys.

 

[Debbie292d]

Okay, I will! Where can I find Toltrazuril? Can I find it at Tractor Supply?

I have. It is roughly 85-87 degrees in there.

Yes, I have! I have hatched out hundreds of chicks this year and have been using the same water source. It's hard well water.

Maybe, but I live in a pretty secluded area. I personally don't spray my yard or anything like that. My neighbors might, but they are far enough away where I think it probably wouldn't affect these guys.

Toltrazuril has to be ordered online. There are a few places like Amazon, Chewy, etc. The dosage is on the bottle. They can have vitamins with that. This would be an attempt to treat an amprolium-resistant form of coccidiosis by trying something that treats coccidiosis differently, and in just a couple of days.

 

[TheChickenFanatic]

I just had three more die. I'm at a loss at what to do.

 

[Debbie292d]

I just had three more die. I'm at a loss at what to do.

I'm so sorry.

In case it's environmental or something else, could you grab a few from each brooder, stick them in a box with just paper towels and keep them in the house? Give them bottled water and crumbles and use a heating pad that doesn't shut off or an incandescent bulb if you have no extra heat lamp, but just isolate those and see if this makes a difference.

 

[SegiDream]

I just had three more die. I'm at a loss at what to do.

I'm so sorry for your losses. We went through something similar last year. We bought some chicks from RK that were infected. It killed so many of our chicks it was absolutely heartbreaking. One day they would seem fine, the next sick, the next dead.. 4 survived. I believe it was cocc. and some other type of unknown parasitic infection in combination with that.

I had to stay very diligent with their water. Kept it fresh and refilled and dosed every 1-2 days for weeks. After treating for corrid was over I followed it up with the safeguard dewormer. And then even later an ivermectin based dewormer.

Keep their containers as clean as possible. Try to isolate the sickest birds from the rest. Dont share feeders/waterers amongst them. I threw away all the feeders/waterers even the brooder last year - did not want to risk it. All chickens are doing well now including this years first round of chicks. I'm sorry there's not much I can truly add to previous recommendations. I really hope you start to see positive signs soon.

 

[TheChickenFanatic]

I'm so sorry.

In case it's environmental or something else, could you grab a few from each brooder, stick them in a box with just paper towels and keep them in the house? Give them bottled water and crumbles and use a heating pad that doesn't shut off or an incandescent bulb if you have no extra heat lamp, but just isolate those and see if this makes a difference.

Thank you. I really do appreciate your help.

Do you think it would be best just to bring a few into this house, or should I just bring all of them in? I just don't want to risk losing any more. They were in my garage, so something in there could be causing it. I don't have any chemicals in there, but my cars are in there. There could be too much exhaust, maybe?

I have moved them all inside. They are in my basement right now (there is an AC unit down there and no drafts). I cleaned their brooder, waterers, and feeders very well. I also dumped the old food, just in case that is the culprit. I gave them some food from a brand new bag.

 

[townchicks]

This must be so devastating. Something else to consider is getting a necropsy on one of the chicks. Also, if possible, a fecal flotation would show coccidia, if that is the issue.

 

[Eggcessive]

I also would get a necropsy from your state vet lab to confirm that they are dying of coccidiosis. Fecal floats can be helpful if you can locate a vet who will let you bring in samples of poo. Are they having blood in their stools? Do they have a hunched or puffed up appearance and not want to eat? Very sorry for your loss. Some strains of coccidia are resistant to Corid. In those cases, sulfadimethoxine or toltrazuril are used. Here is a list of state vets to contact and chicks should be kept cold in a refrigerator or cooler wrapped in plastic bags, not not frozen. Sorry for your loss.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I started putting Corid in their water immediately. I also did an oral treatment (1 drop in their beak). Unfortunately, I had a few more die. I had 6 older Japanese Bantams in there and they have all died.

I have two more that are acting a little off. I have been doing a drop of Corid in their beaks, as well.

Set up is a heat lamp in a bin. They have a cool side and a side where they can get under the heat lamp.

It is roughly 85-87 degrees in there.

Please post photos of the chicks, their poop and your brooder setup.

Will do! They have been on it for about 5 days or so. I currently have them using a quart sized chick waterer, with a half tsp of Corid in there.

This is Correct!! For a quart of water, Liquid Corid dose would be 1/2 teaspoon. Do not increase you dosing.



This is NOT Correct!! It should be 2 Teaspoons (tsp) per gallon of water, not 2 Tablespoons (tbsp).

I would give them 2 tbsp of cord per gallon of water and only water as a source for about a week. I would also sanitize their dishes super well.

 

[Debbie292d]

Here is a list of state vets to contact and chicks should be kept cold in a refrigerator or cooler wrapped in plastic bags, not not frozen. Sorry for your loss.

https://www.metzerfarms.com/poultry-labs.html

They don't put them alphabetical by state, so I use CTRL-F to find mine (computer).