Help! I am in Coccidias and Worm Hell!

[LoLoGarrett]

I am ready to pull my hair out! After 3 weeks of treating Coccidias and worms, there are still present in their poop! One of my young girls was the first give away that something was not right a few weeks ago when she had blindness and swollen eyes with puss coming out. One eye seemed to have cleared up, but the other one was getting worse, after two vet visits, the vet finally gave me some antibiotic to treat her eyes and the really bad eye had a quarter size amount of puss come out on the lab table during her exam (yuck). The really bad eye improved, the better eye has remained red with a large amount of white around it; however she can now see and acts like her normal self in all other ways. I called the vet this week to ask her for an antibiotic to place directly in her bad eye to see if this would help improve her eye. We are now on day 5 of this type of treatment, followed by the previous antibiotic treatment orally. Now back to the Coccidias and worms.... I dropped off poop samples yesterday to make sure the poop end of things had cleared up, only to be told that they still have Cocci and worms and to do another round of Corid for the next 5 days and then a round of Ivermectin for 3 days after that.

1st question - What the heck with the eye? This is really the only sign of illness displayed in all of this, other than a couple of sneezers who gasp for air occasionally and then I treat their nasals with saline..... Oh and the eye treatment, I have been going between a Vetericyn type of pink eye spray and then Terramycin or do a saline flush followed by Terramycin, which I have been doing since before antibiotics. I am still doing these treatments with Antibiotics. Am I treating her incorrectly?

2nd question - Does it normally take this long for things to improve?

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Please post some photos - eyes, poop, chicks....

How old are they?

Eye infection and white still in the eye - without seeing it - just a guess, there's pus still in the eye and it needs to be removed. Remove it yourself or get the vet to do it.
Sounds like you may be dealing with a respiratory disease - did they vet say which one they suspect?

Worms? What type? Roundworms?

Ivermectin may treat roundworms....which do you have pour on, paste, injectable?

Better yet forget the Ivermectin - use a de-wormer like Fenbendazole(Safeguard) or Albendazole (Valbazen) either of these will treat most worms that poultry have except for tapeworms.

Dose for Fenbendazole is .23ml per pound of weight given orally once a day for 5 days.

Dose for Valbazen is .08ml per pound of weight given orally once, then repeat in 10 days.

Corid dose is 2tsp Liquid or 1 1/2 tsp Powder per gallon of water given for 5-7 days as the only source of drinking water. Don't add anything else to the water.

You can de-worm while giving Corid.

What antibiotic did you vet give you for treating the eye infection?

 

[dawg53]

You have a respiratory disease in your flock with the "sneezers who gasp for air occasionally," along with the two you have taken to the vet.
I suspect that you could possibly be dealing with Mycoplasma Gallisepticum (MG.)
Baytril would be best in this situation.

As far as the coccidiosis and worms go; follow @Wyorp Rock instructions regarding the Corid and I recommend Valbazen. Forget Ivermectin.

 

[LoLoGarrett]

Please post some photos - eyes, poop, chicks....

How old are they?

Eye infection and white still in the eye - without seeing it - just a guess, there's pus still in the eye and it needs to be removed. Remove it yourself or get the vet to do it.
Sounds like you may be dealing with a respiratory disease - did they vet say which one they suspect?

Worms? What type? Roundworms?

Ivermectin may treat roundworms....which do you have pour on, paste, injectable?

Better yet forget the Ivermectin - use a de-wormer like Fenbendazole(Safeguard) or Albendazole (Valbazen) either of these will treat most worms that poultry have except for tapeworms.

Dose for Fenbendazole is .23ml per pound of weight given orally once a day for 5 days.

Dose for Valbazen is .08ml per pound of weight given orally once, then repeat in 10 days.

Corid dose is 2tsp Liquid or 1 1/2 tsp Powder per gallon of water given for 5-7 days as the only source of drinking water. Don't add anything else to the water.

You can de-worm while giving Corid.

What antibiotic did you vet give you for treating the eye infection?

 

[LoLoGarrett]

Thank you! Sorry for delayed response. Running around like a chicken with its head cut off! . Finally got my girl Lavender to sit still long enough for picture. I tried for a long while this morning to remove pus, but only extracted a small amount. Poor girl was getting so stressed and I was afraid I was hurting her too much, so called vet again and I am taking her back in this evening to have the vet extract it for me. The vet did not tell me the type of worms or can cocci, just dosing for Corid and Ivermectin done separately. I went ahead and picked up the Valbazen as suggested and following your advice, as this seems the most recommended and sounds like most sane day reaction. Whew!

 

[LoLoGarrett]

You have a respiratory disease in your flock with the "sneezers who gasp for air occasionally," along with the two you have taken to the vet.
I suspect that you could possibly be dealing with Mycoplasma Gallisepticum (MG.)
Baytril would be best in this situation.

As far as the coccidiosis and worms go; follow @Wyorp Rock instructions regarding the Corid and I recommend Valbazen. Forget Ivermectin.

Thank you! Will be doing Valbazen since Ivermectin did not seem to do the trick! How long does Corid typically take? I talk to vet about the respiratory situation when I see her this evening.

 

[LoLoGarrett]

Please post some photos - eyes, poop, chicks....

How old are they?

Eye infection and white still in the eye - without seeing it - just a guess, there's pus still in the eye and it needs to be removed. Remove it yourself or get the vet to do it.
Sounds like you may be dealing with a respiratory disease - did they vet say which one they suspect?

Worms? What type? Roundworms?

Ivermectin may treat roundworms....which do you have pour on, paste, injectable?

Better yet forget the Ivermectin - use a de-wormer like Fenbendazole(Safeguard) or Albendazole (Valbazen) either of these will treat most worms that poultry have except for tapeworms.

Dose for Fenbendazole is .23ml per pound of weight given orally once a day for 5 days.

Dose for Valbazen is .08ml per pound of weight given orally once, then repeat in 10 days.

Corid dose is 2tsp Liquid or 1 1/2 tsp Powder per gallon of water given for 5-7 days as the only source of drinking water. Don't add anything else to the water.

You can de-worm while giving Corid.

What antibiotic did you vet give you for treating the eye infection?

Antibiotic for eye infection first round Clavamax second round the eye drop prescription one for humans, cannot remember name right now, but read about it here on BYC. And then Terrimycin ointment. Sorry in parking lot a Tractor Supply.

 

[LoLoGarrett]

Antibiotic for eye infection first round Clavamax second round the eye drop prescription one for humans, cannot remember name right now, but read about it here on BYC. And then Terrimycin ointment. Sorry in parking lot a Tractor Supply.

Oh and the one with eye infection is 17weeks., along with 4 others. My Sex Links are a year old and there are 5 of them.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

It's good that you can have the vet tend to the eye. Let us know how that goes.

 

[LoLoGarrett]

It's good that you can have the vet tend to the eye. Let us know how that goes.

Will do! I feel better letting the Vet do it, as I am afraid I am causing more harm.