Pooped up 8 week Easter egger

[townchicks]

I'd go with starting her and the rest of them on Corid asap. It can't hurt her if that's not it. Since she's not drinking give it to her directly. Offer some scrambled egg or wetted chick food to encourage eating.

 

[townchicks]

You can find Corid at TSC, or almost any feed store. Check where you get your food. Look in the cattle section at TSC.

 

[CheeseandCackles]

Also I have four older chickens. Should I be giving them the Corid also? They’re about 20 ish weeks

 

[tacothechicken]

Where would I find the medicine?

You can find it online or any local farm/feed store I usually find it near the cattle section of the store where I live anyways.

 

[townchicks]

Also I have four older chickens. Should I be giving them the Corid also? They’re about 20 ish weeks

Are they on the same area? If so yes, treat them too. They may have already built up resistance, but again, it can't hurt. Corid works by suppressing the B vit that the coccidia live on in the gut. This reduces the number, so the chicks have time to build up a natural resistance to it.

 

[DobieLover]

Also I have four older chickens. Should I be giving them the Corid also? They’re about 20 ish weeks

If the youngsters are on different ground from the older pullets, no. If they are intermingling, yes.

 

[CheeseandCackles]

Thank you everyone. I did start the Corvid treatment for everyone so hopefully it all works out.

Any opinions on keeping the sicker one inside with me? She’s not getting picked on. Just seems real miserable

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Hope she improves, keep us posted!

 

[CheeseandCackles]

Update:

I started the Corid Friday afternoon/night.

Saturday I continued with the flock treatment (and will continue to do so) as well as the individual dosage to my EE named Cheeks. I also did a scrambled egg to try to encourage her to eat. The rest of the day she did a lot of standing and staring or sleeping. I did see her take a nibble at a couple things. By Saturday night though I saw her drinking more and at least moving around, though she stayed poofed up. I remained cautiously hopeful.

Sunday morning: She’s scratching around and acting normal. No more poofiness that I’ve seen! What a relief!

Thank you everyone that responded! Figured I’d share the news!

 

[Eggcessive]

Thank you for the update. Glad to hear that she is responding to the Corid treatment. Hopefully she is out of the woods. I would keep encouraging her to drink the Corid water, and it can be added to a small amount of chick feed.