Questions about corid and medicated feed

[leighks]

I have chicks that are just about 5 weeks old and they eat medicated feed. I got them a week ago. Today I noticed 1 chick had some blood in the stool and another had clear/ watery stool, so I was thinking I should treat with Corid just in case. All are active and acting fine. My questions are:
- should I treat, or could the blood just be from normal intestine slough and the watery stool just a cecal?
- can they eat medicated feed for the 5 days they are on corid?
- should I treat all 4?
- can I do any harm when treating them if I’m wrong and they don’t have coccidia?

 

[Mvan42]

Yes treat all 4, shouldn't hurt to eat the feed, and it won't hurt them to treat them. If you treat and it's not needed I feel is better than not treating and it is needed.

 

[GermanKennhuhn]

Yes treat all 4, shouldn't hurt to eat the feed, and it won't hurt them to treat them. If you treat and it's not needed I feel is better than not treating and it is needed.

I agree with the previous poster. I would treat all four with corid. It won’t hurt even if it’s not coccidiosis.
The medicated feed is fine.

 

[Sarahh_Janeyy]

Watching this- doing exactly the same thing with my week old chicks. One was sleeping more than the others.

 

[rosemarythyme]

We would need photos of the poops in question to diagnose better.

It does no harm to treat them with Corid if you're uncertain. No need to change anything with feed. Treat the entire flock for full duration in the directions.

 

[Sarahh_Janeyy]

Here's some poop links that may help:
https://the-chicken-chick.com/whats-scoop-on-chicken-poop-digestive/
https://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?topic=17568.0<br>check