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Hi. Probiotics are great following an antibiotic treatment. They help rebuild the "normal" bacteria that a chicken needs to fight the "bad" bacteria.
Enteritis is caused when worms, cocci, or bacteria damage the small intestine. Coccidiosis is when cocci damage the large intestine. If a bird is older, I just treat for all of it. Not everyone may agree with me, but I feel I have nothing more to lose if I treat them for all the common bugs, which would be cocci, clostridium, e.coli, worms and staph.
Some people like to treat illness with natural ingredients. However, my personal strategies do not include anything that puts my chickens in greater risk for dying, which may include 'natural" treatments.