- May 1, 2011
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1) What type of bird , age and weight. White crested black polish pullet, 10 weeks, weight unknown
2) What is the behavior, exactly. Puffed up feathers, sitting around, head down and sleepy. No sneezing or discharges of any kind
3) How long has the bird been exhibiting symptoms? since this morning
4) Are other birds exhibiting the same symptoms? no
5) Is there any bleeding, injury, broken bones or other sign of trauma. No trauma
6) What happened, if anything that you know of, that may have caused the situation.
7) What has the bird been eating and drinking, if at all. I saw her drinking and eating medicated chick starter. She also was enjoying some cantaloupe
8) How does the poop look? Normal? Bloody? Runny? etc. Have seen none yet
9) What has been the treatment you have administered so far? brought inside to observe, given 5 drops of poly vi sol (I wore most of it), electrolytes in water, fed some yogurt and mealworms plus some chopped up egg
10 ) What is your intent as far as treatment? For example, do you want to treat completely yourself, or do you need help in stabilizing the bird til you can get to a vet? I have all different kinds of meds on hand, would like to treat myself at first
11) If you have a picture of the wound or condition, please post it. It may help.
12) Describe the housing/bedding in use...pine shavings.
She has been allowed to freerange with her friends, with supervision, since about 1 week old. Has been in the coop with her buddies and some older chicks for a week and a half. No one else is showing any symptoms/signs of illness.
I have sulmet and corid on hand. I prefer to try the corid if all agree that symptoms sound like coccidia. However, I can't find the proper dosage for chickens. I have corid 20% Soluble Powder but the directions are only for bovine use.
Could someone please help me figure out what the dosage would be for chickens? I would like to get this started immediately....
Would ACV be better than electrolytes?
Thanks everyone!
2) What is the behavior, exactly. Puffed up feathers, sitting around, head down and sleepy. No sneezing or discharges of any kind
3) How long has the bird been exhibiting symptoms? since this morning
4) Are other birds exhibiting the same symptoms? no
5) Is there any bleeding, injury, broken bones or other sign of trauma. No trauma
6) What happened, if anything that you know of, that may have caused the situation.
7) What has the bird been eating and drinking, if at all. I saw her drinking and eating medicated chick starter. She also was enjoying some cantaloupe
8) How does the poop look? Normal? Bloody? Runny? etc. Have seen none yet
9) What has been the treatment you have administered so far? brought inside to observe, given 5 drops of poly vi sol (I wore most of it), electrolytes in water, fed some yogurt and mealworms plus some chopped up egg
10 ) What is your intent as far as treatment? For example, do you want to treat completely yourself, or do you need help in stabilizing the bird til you can get to a vet? I have all different kinds of meds on hand, would like to treat myself at first
11) If you have a picture of the wound or condition, please post it. It may help.
12) Describe the housing/bedding in use...pine shavings.
She has been allowed to freerange with her friends, with supervision, since about 1 week old. Has been in the coop with her buddies and some older chicks for a week and a half. No one else is showing any symptoms/signs of illness.
I have sulmet and corid on hand. I prefer to try the corid if all agree that symptoms sound like coccidia. However, I can't find the proper dosage for chickens. I have corid 20% Soluble Powder but the directions are only for bovine use.
Could someone please help me figure out what the dosage would be for chickens? I would like to get this started immediately....
Would ACV be better than electrolytes?
Thanks everyone!
