One Dead, more sick! Urgent!

[UrbanHomesteadTX]

You would need to go through a vet to get it, but a sulfa antibiotic is the most effective on enteritis associated with coccidiosis.

Is there anything I can do for coccidiosis associated enteritis without a vet visit? There are no vets in my area that will touch poultry. I looked this issue up and absolutely believe enteritis could've had a role in the death of my three pullets solely based on how quick they died from first signs of symptoms.

 

[azygous]

Here's what I do, and this is what I recommend all USA chicken keepers do. If you have a vet for other pets in your family, have a friendly chat with them. Explain that you are treating your own flock yourself, but you will require an antibiotic or other prescription medicine from time to time. Ask if they would be on board with writing a script or selling you a drug when you request one. Also mention that you may ask for a fecal float test sometimes, but you assume all responsibility for treatment of your chickens.

If you have no family vet, ask your friends to recommend a vet that they feel would work with you on obtaining meds. Then with the recommendations, interview the vets until you find one that will work with you.

My vet is very agreeable about running fecal tests and selling me an antibiotic from time to time. He made it clear he knows zero about poultry, and I assured him I had it covered.

Another tip: ask friends and relatives to save their unused or expired antibiotics for you. I've acquired a nice assortment of drugs for my chickens in this way since expired drugs often are good a few years past the expiration date and work just fine.

 

[UrbanHomesteadTX]

Well, yesterday was the last day of the five-day Corrid water treatment. I'm happy to report I've had no more losses so far! My hen that had been sick has made a fairly rapid recovery, her poops are solid again and she's very active and eating and drinking without issue.
I did however have two pullets in my separate grow out run come down sick about three days ago now. They're still hanging in there, but they're still showing symptoms.

So my question is, for the pullets that are still fairly sick, should I continue a Corrid dilute water treatment for a few more days? They got their last round of drench this morning, but since they still have bloody poop and lethargy, I feel a need to keep them on the Corrid water for a couple of extra days. Is this okay to do?

Also, for the hen that's recovered, how long should I wait from last signs of symptoms before reintroducing her back into the flock? I had pulled her on Monday, and the last watery poo was on Wednesday. Otherwise, she's become very active and eating to her heart's content.

 

[azygous]

The bloody poop following the first round of Corid probably indicates bacterial infection (enteritis). We usually give those chickens sulfa, an antibiotic that's very effective to treat enteritis. I'm not sure you can still buy it over the counter in the US. You may need to ask a vet for it.

Looks like you may be able to get it here. https://jedds.com/products/trimethoprin-sulfa-medpet?_pos=1&_sid=57a2ed2e1&_ss=r

 

[UrbanHomesteadTX]

The bloody poop following the first round of Corid probably indicates bacterial infection (enteritis). We usually give those chickens sulfa, an antibiotic that's very effective to treat enteritis. I'm not sure you can still buy it over the counter in the US. You may need to ask a vet for it.

Looks like you may be able to get it here. https://jedds.com/products/trimethoprin-sulfa-medpet?_pos=1&_sid=57a2ed2e1&_ss=r

Sulfa does require a prescription most places, at least with any local or online vendors that would be able to ship it in a timely fashion. Jedds will take just over a week and a half to ship.

I also need to amend my previous statement, I wasn't able to truly look this morning, I have not seen blood in their poop since yesterday afternoon. I cleaned their space yesterday afternoon and upon arriving home today I looked again and am not seeing blood in their stool, though it's still plenty liquidy. I'm hoping the worst has passed now. The two pullets are a bit less lethargic and have eaten and drank a bit more than the previous days. They're still sick, but are starting to look a little better this afternoon.
Would it be prudent to continue another day or two of Corid dilute treatment, or would that do more harm than good?

 

[azygous]

The reason for the five day treatment is that is how long it's been determined necessary to block thiamine in order to interrupt the coccidia life cycle. Anything not nailed the first round, you will get in one week when you do the second round of five days. The week long rest also gives the chickens time to recover from the thiamine deficiency caused by the Corid.