Sick chick - weak, not eating, tarry poop -HELP!

[themoldypeach]

Got the Corid!

So I am mixing 2 tsp liquid with 1 gallon of water. Taking away everybody's plain water & giving them the corid water, correct? There was bloody poop in the brooder box this morning so I am treating them, too. Oddly enough the separated chick is pooping normal but not acting great but not worse.

I am worried about my chickens in the run. They have been kept separated by a pen from the chicks so exposure is possible. I filtered thru last nights droppings (deep litter, mostly grass clippings) and found some poo that usually I wouldn't worry about, probably just shed lining, but am paranoid now. Treat them too? They range in ages 6wks to 13wks. Is it safe to treat chickens with no symptoms?

Rake the run. Put down diatamous earth. Fresh litter. Scrap off the roosting bar. Put it in the sun. Clean brooder box with ammonia & more fresh litter. Am I missing anything? Treat run & brooder box now or after a couple of days of treatment?

 

[casportpony]

You can treat all of them with the Corid.

-Kathy

 

[aquagolda]

yes I would treat the other chickens and I understand the situation your in I have had my "turkeys" that I rescued was just about in the same situation as the chicken.
and I know how it feels to have the hawk get some of your chickens that also happened to me but enough about me now.
there's not much more advice I can give except what every body else is saying.

good luck!, try your hardest and do your best, im sure the chicken will be fine just think about all the positives especially that its not winter that's even harder.
you can do it for all the things I hear your trying to do to help this poor creature.

 

[AZBootsie]

Tractor Supply was sold out of corid & won't have more until Sunday. So. I have that chick separated & giving her electrolytes. I cleaned out the brooder she was in & gave those chicks medicated starter. Am I being paranoid or do they have like a fluid sack on their chest? I have had a most stressful chicken day with the sick chick and the hawk and the blah, blah, blah...BUT I am happy to say my pullets came home at dark! I only lost the 1 that was beheaded through the cage - everyone else ran & hide. Guess chickens are smarter than I thought

If I can get these babies raised up, I will be a happy chicken mama again.

Oh, I am traveling to another feed supply store first thing in the a.m. for the corid but it was too late today. All other chicks are happy and active with normal poop.

I would appreciate all thoughts on that fluid sack. My husband said it was there yesterday & I totally blew him off. So I'm hoping that everyone replies that it is totally normal & has been there all along OR that is impossible and he is imagining 9 chicks have a fluid bubble on their chest.

Cats are so much easier.

Yes chickens do have a bubble on their necks. It is a crop. It's where their food goes after they swallow. Flat in the morning, bulging after they eat. Chicken anatomy is pretty interesting. Here is a link to info about their digestive system, http://www.poultryhub.org/physiology/body-systems/digestive-system/


Cats might be easier....but they don't lay eggs!!!

 

[AZBootsie]

Got the Corid!

So I am mixing 2 tsp liquid with 1 gallon of water. Taking away everybody's plain water & giving them the corid water, correct? There was bloody poop in the brooder box this morning so I am treating them, too. Oddly enough the separated chick is pooping normal but not acting great but not worse.

I am worried about my chickens in the run. They have been kept separated by a pen from the chicks so exposure is possible. I filtered thru last nights droppings (deep litter, mostly grass clippings) and found some poo that usually I wouldn't worry about, probably just shed lining, but am paranoid now. Treat them too? They range in ages 6wks to 13wks. Is it safe to treat chickens with no symptoms?

Rake the run. Put down diatamous earth. Fresh litter. Scrap off the roosting bar. Put it in the sun. Clean brooder box with ammonia & more fresh litter. Am I missing anything? Treat run & brooder box now or after a couple of days of treatment?

Don't use ammonia for cleaning chicken stuff. Their respiratory systems are a bit on the feeble side and they can't take the fumes. In fact one of the reasons we clean and use litter is to reduce the ammonia build up that their wastes produce. Too much ammonia will kill them.

Just water is fine to clean out the nesting boxes. Oxine is great stuff for killing pathogens. You are not going to kill the cocci. It lives in the soil and is everywhere. Best you can do is treat your birds and keep the cocci load as low as possible, Once a chick has had cocci and survived, it usually doesn't strike again. There are several different types of cocci and I suppose technically it could......but this has never been my experience. I would treat everyone and chances are you won't see the problem again, unless you get new chicks. As yucky as it sounds, inspecting their poo from time to time is necessary to keep them healthy. There is a poo chart somewhere, that shows pics of poo problems. If you search I am sure you can find it.

I hope your baby is doing better!!

 

[bluegrasslady]

I'm treating eight speckled sussex with Corid for cocci right now. Before I was able to get ahold of that I took the three that were the worst off and fed them kefir mixed with egg yolk. Even without the Corid (it took 24 hours for me to find any) there was marked improvement. So if she still looks pretty under the weather you might try it. I think the extra nutrition coupled with good flora introduced to their digestive tracts helps.

 

[themoldypeach]

Thanks, everyone! This is the best site EVER. I will update whenever there is a change.

 

[themoldypeach]

Poor thing! It must hurt when she poops - she gives a little holler. My son said she learned to whistle. Been there, girl.