Pullets dropping like flies

[famerzellman]

They are about 2-3 months old if that helps

 

[famerzellman]

Is the coop clean?

Yes I clean it weekly

 

[RodNTN]

Any wet bedding?

 

[RodNTN]

What type of bedding do you use?

 

[famerzellman]

The strange thing too my neighbor and I got the chicks from the same place. Then once her chicks turned into pullets also that kept dying. she only ended up with three survivors. We are trying to figure what is happening to our baby's!

 

[famerzellman]

Any wet bedding?

No wet beding and I use pine shavings in their coop and the run is grass and dirt it has a roof over the run also

 

[famerzellman]

What dose of Corid are you using? The correct dose is 1 1/2 tsp to 1 gallon of water if youre using the powder. You can also make a small dose of 10ml water and 1/2 tsp of corid powder and give that directly into sick birds, drip into side of beak. Treat all your birds! Also having them drink the corid water. Do not give vitamins while giving corid. After treating with corid, you should replace their thiamine with b1 vitamins.

If your not seeing bloody poops anymore, or other signs of cocci, you may be looking at thiamine deficiency from the corid use, so you wouldn't want to keep them going on corid. You have to decide which you think you are seeing.

Should I stop giving them corrid and start pushing the 1/2 crushed tab of the B complex in their food daily?

 

[famerzellman]

I'm sorry you are experiencing some issues with your pullets. I wouldn't jump to conclusions.

Are you referring to the Corid? Or are your referring to an additional antibiotic?

And did you give these pullets the full dose plus the .012 and .006 dosage to follow?

Thank you I just feel so defeated this year because I literally tried everything and never experienced this before. My first and second flock are doing great and look great no problems. These ones are just having a hard time of it. I use the powder form. I use 1 and 1/2 tsp per gallon.

 

[Wickedchicken6]

Thank you I just feel so defeated this year because I literally tried everything and never experienced this before. My first and second flock are doing great and look great no problems. These ones are just having a hard time of it. I use the powder form. I use 1 and 1/2 tsp per gallon.

Please don't feel defeated. I've had the exact same thing happen to me.
It won't help that you experienced the wet weather. The cycle requires approx 25% humidity (I've got to double check this, I just read it and I've forgotten...lol)

There are eleven Eimeria species. Eimeria have a life cycle. Amprolium (Corid) is thiamine antagonist which means is blocks the uptake of thiamin. It's a process. The intestines and such will be scarred from the cocci. Not all species of Eimeria cause blood show. Mine didn't either. Mine just died like yours.

Here's a few articles of information to read. It helps to understand the cycle and how everything happens. That way you can make modifications.

The following link is easier to read and make sense of it...lol.
http://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/$department/deptdocs.nsf/all/agdex4616

This one's more in depth and some information may bounce off your brain...lol. It did with me. I'm sorry...I'm adding in that you should read the introduction and up until it starts naming off coccidiostats. THEN scroll down to the part about Amprolium. That's what Corid is.
https://www.scienceinternational.com/fulltext/?doi=sciintl.2013.261.265

 

[Wickedchicken6]

http://www.thepoultrysite.com/publi...c-poultry/42/transmission-in-the-environment/

A ha!I found it. Eimeria only require 20% moisture for their life cycle. I'm assuming that is there is over 20% humidity just in the environment and the conditions are right, would mean they can continue the life cycle almost anywhere. My chicks showed having cocci in the kennel in the house earlier this summer and the bedding was completely dry.

The above link is probably the best link to explain coccidiosis. If you can, read through all the topics concerning cocci on the left table.