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I use Corid (amprolium) powder which is readily available at places like Tractor Supply for the coccidia, and I have also used sulfadimethoxine (Dimethox) powder that I bought online. Kathy's list is great.
While you are picking up the amprolium and dimethox, see if they also have liquid Safeguard (goat wormer) which is a convenient form to give to the birds. The corid can go in the bird water, as long as you use an appropriate (sufficiently high) amount.
Coccidia overload would be a good explanation as to why the younger birds (those BS whatevers buddies) look like they might possibly be less healthy than the older birds. Younger birds are much more susceptible to coccidia, and as birds age, they develop a systemic immunity (which can sometimes be overcome by weakness, illness, parasitic infestation, etc.)
I don't know if that is the reason, or even if they are ill at all... but in terms of how those younger birds could look "off" and the older birds be fine, when all are in close quarters... that would be a guess that I would be chasing down to prove or disprove early on. I didn't hear anything to suggest respiratory infection, and if there were, I would expect older birds to also be sick, and likewise, if the worm/parasite load were extremely high, I think the older birds wouldn't look as good as they do in the photos.
All your birds should get wormed periodically -- even the ones you already have. So make sure you get the wormer and give a round to all of them.
While you are picking up the amprolium and dimethox, see if they also have liquid Safeguard (goat wormer) which is a convenient form to give to the birds. The corid can go in the bird water, as long as you use an appropriate (sufficiently high) amount.
Coccidia overload would be a good explanation as to why the younger birds (those BS whatevers buddies) look like they might possibly be less healthy than the older birds. Younger birds are much more susceptible to coccidia, and as birds age, they develop a systemic immunity (which can sometimes be overcome by weakness, illness, parasitic infestation, etc.)
I don't know if that is the reason, or even if they are ill at all... but in terms of how those younger birds could look "off" and the older birds be fine, when all are in close quarters... that would be a guess that I would be chasing down to prove or disprove early on. I didn't hear anything to suggest respiratory infection, and if there were, I would expect older birds to also be sick, and likewise, if the worm/parasite load were extremely high, I think the older birds wouldn't look as good as they do in the photos.
All your birds should get wormed periodically -- even the ones you already have. So make sure you get the wormer and give a round to all of them.
