My peachicks are dying!

[ShellP]

Got it in my bucket right now.

 

[casportpony]

Wow. This has gotten overwhelming. I just got off of work and am headed to buy a scale and hopefully liquid safeguard. I've got a call in to a vet to see if he can get the other medication for me. I'm about ready to give up. Anybody want 2 sick peachicks that they could try to save???
What about the Dutch bantam I have that's sick with the exact same symptoms too? What the heck does that mean???

You're doing great and I know how draining it can be. The scale will tell more than you might think... Mine that hatched July 23 weigh about 1000 grams, so if yours did in fact hatch in June, I'm thinking they should weigh at least 1200 grams.

Do you have a call into a large or small animal vet? Large animal vet probably won't have the metronidazole, but he/she could call it into any human pharmacy. They could also call one into a compounding pharmacy, but you wouldn't get it until Friday.

As for a chicken showing the same symptoms, I can't really say. Maybe the soil is such that your turkey, peas and chickens all got coccidiosis at the same time? But remember that each type of bird gets a different type of coccidiosis. That said, I would be tempted to treat the whole flock with Corid and Safeguard, but I'd still treat my peas for histomoniasis, too.

-Kathy

 

[ShellP]

Ok. The smaller one weighs 12.6 oz and the largernone weighs 1lb 4.5 oz. I was wrong on their hatch date though. They were actually born around 7/28, I was thinking about the date they were set in the incubator. I've mixed the liquid corid with a gallon of water, but I need to know what to do about the liquid safeguard now.

 

[casportpony]

Couple of questions for you...
Are they eating? Are they drinking? How does their poo look now? Foamy? Yellow? Green? And blood? Do they have access to a heat source? When you feel their crops, how much food and/or water is in there (crop is at base of neck on right side)?

About the Safeguard... If it is coccidiosis, waiting a few days won't hurt. If it's histomoniasis, I wouldn't wait. As for mixing Corid and Safeguard in the same waterer, I don't know if people do that. If you do, then they might not drink enough, if any, and get sicker. Maybe someone could comment on the pros and cons of doing so?

This is just a reference for you... I have two others that hatched 7/23 and 7/25 and they weigh, as of today, 999 grams and 866 grams. My smallest two hatched 8/4 and 8/21 and they weigh 607 grams and 345 grams.

This is how much Safeguard I gave mine today:
1325 grams = .66cc
1265 grams = .63cc
999 grams = .5cc
866 grams = .43cc
607 grams = .3cc
345 grams = .17cc

Your two would get:
581 grams = ~.28cc
357 grams = ~.18cc
But the above is only if you feel like you could hold them still enough to place the syringe down the oesophagus. Otherwise, they might aspirate (breath in) the wormer.
http://www.daff.qld.gov.au/27_2705.htm
Do you have a 1cc sryinge? Anything larger is too wide to do most birds safely. Also, wipe off excess liquid before inserting syringe. Please do not attempt to drip it into their mouths as they can aspirate this way, too.

Any word on the metronidazole?

-Kathy