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What should I do if my chicks did not get their Corid dose on day 3 of treatment?
I received my chicks at the post office last Wednesday and a few hours later my fiancé was in a really bad car accident and was taken to the neuro intensive care unit. When I got back from the hospital that night I noticed one chick standing puffed up in the corner. The next morning I was rushing to take care of all of my chickens (3 separate groups in 2 different places) before visiting hours started at 7am and I saw a bright blood-red liquid poop on the side of the brooder. Luckily I had already bought Corid a few months ago to be prepared for this but I did not have time to figure out the correct dose that morning before I needed to leave for the hospital and then it was after dark when I got home so I started treatment (2 teaspoons per gallon) the next morning on Friday. They received the full dose in their waterer on Friday and Saturday but on Sunday there was an accident and I’m not sure if they received any Corid at all. I filled up their little quart waterer with the Corid in it before I left for the hospital at 6:30am and at 2pm my dad arrived at our house to check on the chicks for me. He said their waterer was empty and I did not think to leave a house key (Corid was inside and chicks are outside on front porch) so I instructed him to just refill their waterer with regular water from the hose. When I got home that night around 8pm the new water in the quart container was still 3/4 full but the shavings on one entire half of the 6 foot long brooder were soaking wet. I think basically the entire first quart-sized waterer with the Corid in it would have had to have spilled for that large of an area of the inch layer of pine shavings to be that soaking wet. So, what do I do now?? Should I continue the Corid longer to ensure they get the continuous days of medication in a row? The chicks are 4-week-old australorps that will eventually be integrated with 8-week-old cream legbars and malines from a different hatchery so I am scared about messing up their treatment and the 8 week old chicks being exposed to a different strain of coccidiosis that they don’t have any resistance to.
I received my chicks at the post office last Wednesday and a few hours later my fiancé was in a really bad car accident and was taken to the neuro intensive care unit. When I got back from the hospital that night I noticed one chick standing puffed up in the corner. The next morning I was rushing to take care of all of my chickens (3 separate groups in 2 different places) before visiting hours started at 7am and I saw a bright blood-red liquid poop on the side of the brooder. Luckily I had already bought Corid a few months ago to be prepared for this but I did not have time to figure out the correct dose that morning before I needed to leave for the hospital and then it was after dark when I got home so I started treatment (2 teaspoons per gallon) the next morning on Friday. They received the full dose in their waterer on Friday and Saturday but on Sunday there was an accident and I’m not sure if they received any Corid at all. I filled up their little quart waterer with the Corid in it before I left for the hospital at 6:30am and at 2pm my dad arrived at our house to check on the chicks for me. He said their waterer was empty and I did not think to leave a house key (Corid was inside and chicks are outside on front porch) so I instructed him to just refill their waterer with regular water from the hose. When I got home that night around 8pm the new water in the quart container was still 3/4 full but the shavings on one entire half of the 6 foot long brooder were soaking wet. I think basically the entire first quart-sized waterer with the Corid in it would have had to have spilled for that large of an area of the inch layer of pine shavings to be that soaking wet. So, what do I do now?? Should I continue the Corid longer to ensure they get the continuous days of medication in a row? The chicks are 4-week-old australorps that will eventually be integrated with 8-week-old cream legbars and malines from a different hatchery so I am scared about messing up their treatment and the 8 week old chicks being exposed to a different strain of coccidiosis that they don’t have any resistance to.
I hope your Fiance is doing o.k.
