Please help!! I've had 5 chicks die in 12 hours

[Sammi_0411]

It sounds like Coccidiosis, though it may not be. I’m not an expert.

X2

 

[VeryHappyHens]

Of the stool?

Yes and the chick.

 

[casportpony]

Go to your nearest feed store and get some Corid or AmproMed.

• Treating Coccidiosis with Corid, Amprol, AmproMed - The Correct Amprolium Dose​

• Corid Amprolium Oral Drench Instructions​

Give that in addition to the Baycox.​

 

[casportpony]

Here is some info on dosages: https://bestautomaticchickendoor.com/corid-for-chickens/

Thanks for the link but you might want to know that the doses listed there are not correct.

Treating Coccidiosis with Corid, Amprol, AmproMed
The Correct Amprolium Dose
​

Treatment	20% Powder	9.6% Liquid
For 3-5 days	1.5 teaspoons per gallon	2 teaspoons per gallon
then for 7-14 days	1/3 teaspoon per gallon	1/2 teaspoon per gallon

When treating coccidisosis in my own birds I use the 0.024% severe outbreak dose for 5 days, then the 0.006% amount for 7-14 days. Since I use the liquid, I use 2 teaspoons per gallon for five days, then 1/2 teaspoon for 7-14 days.

The FDA, FARAD, and the mfg's say this:
"Administer at 0.012% in drinking water as soon as coccidiosis is diagnosed and continue for 3 days to 5 days (in severe outbreaks, give 0.024%); continue with 0.006% amprolium medicated water for an additional 1 week to 2 weeks. No other source of drinking water should be available to the birds during this time."
Source: http://www.farad.org/vetgram/ProductInfo.asp?byNada=033-165

---

When treating a bird for coccidiosis one can give an oral drench in addition to their medicated water. Here are the instructions:

9.6% liquid - Do not dilute

• Give 0.1 ml per pound of body weight orally once or twice a day for 1-3 days.

or

• 0.02 ml per 100 grams of body weight orally once or twice a day for 1-3 days.

20% powder - Mix 1/2 teaspoon powder with 2 teaspoons water.

• Give 0.34 ml per pound of body weight orally once or twice a day for 1-3 days.

or

• 0.07 ml per 100 grams of body weight orally once or twice a day for 1-3 days.

The directions above are the same when using any 9.6% liquid or 20% powder. Such products include Amprol, AmproMed, Amprolium 200, Amprid, CocciAid, etc.

Click here to learn how to give medications orally:
Safely Administering Oral Medications to All Poultry and Waterfowl

 

[MysteryChicken]

Could it also be a possible Gumboro disease outbreak?

 

[FLChickenChick]

Yes and the chick.

I already changed the bedding and buried the chicks. If it happens again I will. Sorry I should've though of that

 

[VeryHappyHens]

Could it also be a possible Gumboro disease outbreak?

Agree because it sounds to extreme to be cocidous thats why I did not say cocidous at first.

 

[FLChickenChick]

Okay after re reading your thread she has cocidous treat it with Corid V powder you can find it at TSC.

I'm already using baycox/toltrazuril which is a coccidiostat. Should I use both? That's what the vet recommended because it's fast acting and kills coccidia

 

[MysteryChicken]

Agree because it sounds to extreme to be cocidous thats why I did not say cocidous at first.

Yeah, it sounds worse then Coccidiosis. I don't usually start seeing Coccidiosis until chicks reach 3½ - 4 weeks old.

 

[casportpony]

Okay after re reading your thread she has cocidous treat it with Corid V powder you can find it at TSC.

Any amprolium powder *or* liquid can be used.