Ok need help figuring out what wrong and what to do ... warning photos

[KelsT]

Ok I will do soon as I get home and get back to you! thanks so much....I dont think my husband will wigh the little one right now so i will do that soon as I am home!

 

[casportpony]

The amount you want to give is 0.02 ml per 100 grams.

Source:http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ps046
Table 2.
Example of target body weights during the rearing of replacement pullets.
Age
(weeks)

Body weight
(Pounds)

(Grams)
1

0.14

65
2

0.24

110
3

0.40

180
4

0.55

250
5

0.71

320
6

0.88

400
7

1.10

500
8

1.28

580
9

1.50

680
10

1.70

770
11

1.92

870
12

2.09

950
13

2.27

1030
14

2.43

1100
15

2.56

1160
16

2.67

1210
17

2.76

1250
18

2.82

1280
19

2.89

1310
20

3.00

1360

 

[KelsT]

Oh wow! I am sure this little one is way undersized for her age! I wish i didn't have to work today! I want to be at home tending to them!

 

[casportpony]

Oh wow! I am sure this little one is way undersized for her age! I wish i didn't have to work today! I want to be at home tending to them!

Can you have your husband give them one or two very small drops orally?

-kathy

 

[casportpony]

Okay... I am not a vet, nor do I have any medical training, but I suspect that the one with the bruised belly has or had coccidiosis and now has a bacterial infection, possibly enteritis from clostridium perfringens, which I think you can treat with Tylan 50.

-Kathy

 

[KelsT]

its belly was like that since i got it about 3 weeks ago.... the corrid seemed to stop the runs and its started to grow again it seemed to have stunted growth. The dropping today took me by surprise as I thought everyone was better.

 

[casportpony]

its belly was like that since i got it about 3 weeks ago.... the corrid seemed to stop the runs and its started to grow again it seemed to have stunted growth. The dropping today took me by surprise as I thought everyone was better.

It was probably sick when you bought it.

-Kathy

 

[KelsT]

It was probably sick when you bought it.

-Kathy

I am sure it was! At first I thought it was the heat. then I realized it had to be something else. I got 2 from the same lady I picked up corid and the day I got home with the corid one was dead...somehow not the one that seemed sick. I started treating, but I messed up and didnt mix fresh corid every day.

 

[casportpony]

Quote: Don't feel bad. The heat could have something to do with it, especially if they weren't drinking enough, but I do think the root of you problems was/is coccidiosis, which can be made worse with dehydration and bacterial infections. Of course the best thing to do would be to have a vet look at it, but it makes no sense to me to spend $100 or more on a $5 chick, so I completely understand if that's not a route you wanna take.

If It were mine I would treat with Corid and one or more antibiotics.

-Kathy

 

[KelsT]

what type of Antibiotic should I get?
Seems like I should have something on hand just in case for the future.

I'd rather treat her with it and corid one more time if it works good if not I will have to cull

So hope thats not the case I'm afraid if I have to cull her ... would I have to cull the two that are with her and have been since I got her? just would be so stupid to get the older ones sick as well! or the 3 in the other brooder.

I will never get chicks again if the environment they are in does not look good and healthy. What a huge mistake that was and her I felt a little like I was rescuing them. then I made the newbie mistake of putting the 2 new chicks in with my other 2 chicks. Stupid mistakes, guess thats how we learn some stuff.