Help!

[aggie2013]

This morning I found one of my Cornish X with a terrible prolapse. I dispatched it quickly. Now there's another who is listless and occasionally spasms. What should I do?!

 

[henny1129]

Are these pets or meat chickens? And how old? Cornish X's are known to have medical problems.....

 

[aggie2013]

The breast/tail skin is also very bright red

 

[aggie2013]

Mea

Are these pets or meat chickens? And how old? Cornish X's are known to have medical problems.....

Meat birds from Atwood's. Maybe 5 weeks old now

 

[henny1129]

Mea
Meat birds from Atwood's. Maybe 5 weeks old now

Okay, I'm not super knowledgable with Cornish X's, but it's possible that it's having a heart attack. They're common for CC's, but 5 weeks is a little young. I'm not sure if there's anything that can be done for this besides just getting them butchered once they reach market weight. But I could be wrong, so we'll see if anyone else has any ideas as to what is happening.

 

[aggie2013]

I just found another listless one. It doesn't seem like heart attack.

Please someone?! Tell me what's happening!

 

[henny1129]

I don't really know. Are there any more symptoms?

 

[henny1129]

Just had a thought...it could be coccidiosis. It won't hurt to put some Corid in their water, so I would do that. Here are the dosages:
Corid powder pack: 3/4 teaspoon for every 1 gallon of water.

Corid liquid: 1 teaspoon for evey 1 gallon of water.

And do this for 3-5 days.

Here's a post on Corid dosages too that you can refer too:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/818879/updated-corid-and-amprol-amprolium-dosing

 

[aggie2013]

Based on that article that's what it is. I found two more with symptoms.

 

[henny1129]

Glad that we found out what's happening. Sorry it took me so long to figure out what it was. I had a bit of a brain fart.