HELP HELP cocci

[Suzierd]

I had a Silkie girl I think had cocci she was just laying around not active even laying her head down, everyone else jumped up running around in the morning and she just sat there.

I noticed a little blood in some of the stools and I panicked ran into coastal and got some Corid rushed home mixed it and put some in a dropper and kept putting drops on the end of her beak and she would drink the drops I did it till I got a couple dropper full into her. Give her a half hour break and I was back at it. About four hours later she started eating and drinking on her own and walking around. Totally fine the next day. I went ahead and treated everyone for five days.

Hope yours get well so sorry you lost one. I was amazed how fast it worked. I don't know about Sulmet but I have read not to feed the medicated feed while treating. Good luck.

 

[Suzierd]

Keep in mind Corid treats many more strains of cocci then Sulmet and it's easier on the bird.

 

[real_redhead]

I was torn between Sulmet and Corid, SS recommended Sulmet because she said I would have to get a vet to give me the poultry dosage. After more reading on the internet I realized Corid treats more strains of cocci. Sulmet seems to be doing the trick. All girls are doing ok this morning. I brought them into the house last night and put them in the basement bathtub with a towel so I could look at the poop in the am. There were 2 poops that had some traces of blood, but they didn't look as bad as it had been Monday afternoon. They were all alert, eating and drinking. When we took them out to the run they were very happy and running around. I am hoping we are thru the worst of it and we won't loose any more.

@Suzierd I am glad your polish is doing better, very cute!

This has been a huge learning experience for me. This is my 3rd group I have raised from chicks and never had this problem. When I posted originally on BYC asking for help no one told me about Sulmet or Corid, I was in panic mode and knew I needed to act fast, TSC recommended an antibiotic and from what I read that wasn't the right direction. I took a chance with Sulmet and like I said hopefully I am over the hump but now I know what to do. Hopefully I will never have to experience this again. I am also kinda of blaming myself, in the past I have kept my chicks in until they were 8-9 weeks old, with this group I had 12 (never had more than 6 at a time) and put them out the week of July 4 because we had lost power for a week from the derecho storm that hit VA. We were sleeping in the basement were the girls were and even though I was changing bedding daily it was stinking and they were getting a little over crowded. I decided to put them out in the run. I think had they been older maybe I might have avoided this...but who knows. It has been crazy hot here and I think all the right conditions, however, I am kind of anal about keeping the coop and run clean and I clean up poop daily. I am glad I am working from home right now so I can keep an eye on them. my big girls will have a hard time when I am not at home as much when work picks up in the fall because they are so used to free ranging! There will be a lot of clucking going on!!

 

[Suzierd]

Great to hear your peeps are doing good this morning! I don't know if you have seen the poop chart or not but there's a wide range of normals and the ones with the intestinal shedding can get me wondering if it's blood or just shedding.
http://chat.allotment.org.uk/index.php?topic=17568.0
I know what you mean about panicking when I seen my hen was acting so lethargic it's so scarey because you know they can go fast. Sometimes you don't get a answer on here for days if at all. In that first pic she's not pecking at the food her head is just laying on the floor. I am so thankful to have this forum we may not get quick enough answers but we can always do a search and most always find something. Thankfully I do a lot of reading so I could take a good guess at what it was I couldn't get to the store fast enough. I was so happy when she started eating and drinking on her own. Have a great day with your peeps!