sick Barred rocks little rooster?

[packinaglock]

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Yes mine looked puffed, kind of like he was swelled up. I stoped after work and got some Sulmet and put in their water just in case.

 

[TexasJoe]

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Sulmet costs about $5-10 and should be kept with your chicken supplies even if you haven't had a problem yet. By the time it happens and you notice it, you might only have 24 hours to cure it..

 

[shelleyd2008]

I always give my young chicks Sulmet, just as a precaution, when they are 3-4 weeks old, because it kills them so fast. I think by the time they start showing symptoms of it, it is already too late.

 

[packinaglock]

I don't see any others with any symtoms but I pressure washed the coop last night and treated their water just in case.

 

[packinaglock]

Now I just got to find myself another rooster, hopefully another Barred Rocks.

 

[Cason]

Is Sulmet RX- or can you buy it at the feed store, or TSC?

 

[needmorechickens!]

You can get it at TSC or your feed store. It's about $8.95 a bottle at my feed store.
~Rebecca

 

[packinaglock]

Yep, the feed store about $ 9.50 here

 

[speckledhen]

As a heads-up, bleach doesnt kill cocci. Ammonia does, I've heard. I use ammonia to clean my roosts where the chicks and young teens are kept. After this year, I'll always have a bottle of Sulmet and one of Corid on hand to treat cocci. Something is just weird about how so many are having outbreaks, in spite of the medicated feed.