Sick pullet, chickens dying.

[Kiki]

The medication is the same ....Amprolium... which is the med as corid. It’s probably a lower dose than putting corid in the water but it is the same. I’m no expert and like I said being given the medicated feed the chicken may have grown a tolerance. I don’t know for sure...just a thought. New to chickens but not new to meds. It’s the same concept of antibiotics....given over time a chicken...human...whatever will eventually grow a tolerance where normal dosage doesn’t work. I am not a chicken vet it was just advice I was giving.

Also you cannot give a multivitamin that contains thiamine along with the medicated feed or while you are giving the Corid.

If you do the medicated feed will not prevent Coccidiosis nor will the Corid cure it.

Did this make sense?

 

[Jandsloch]

Sorry for the confusion but yes the ingredient in the medicated feed and Corid is the same ingredient.

The dose or amount of what is in the feed doesn't compare to treating with the Corid itself.

The medicated feed will not cure an outbreak of Coccidiosis.

I figured it wouldn’t cure it I just wanted op to be aware they were the same and perhaps not do med feed and the corid at same time? I don’t know much about corid but with any med is there a chance of over dosing? Or is there chance of tolerance? I was half awake this morning when I typed my last reply so wasn’t sure if it made sense lol figured maybe I should try to re write...I actually am gathering info for myself for future.

 

[CluckinA]

@Texas Kiki should all new chickens with unsure origins be given medicated feed? You seem like you know your stuff

 

[Kiki]

@Texas Kiki should all new chickens with unsure origins be given medicated feed? You seem like you know your stuff

I believe if you are going to go ahead and treat one chicken for Coccidiosis then you should go ahead and treat the entire flock all at once.

Even if not everyone is suffering from it... The Corid treatment will not hurt them.
It is much better to be safe than sorry.

Corid is not a medicine like an antibiotic. It simply blocks they're uptake of thiamine...what the coccidia feed on.

Untreated Coccidiosis can do irreversible damage to the intestines and can also kill.

 

[Kiki]

Good videos here:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/coccidiosis-video-worth-watching.1262022/

 

[chickens really]

All chickens have a certain amount of coccidiosis in their system. Young birds though don't have the ability to fight off an explosion of it. They become ill very fast and die quickly. Definitely treat with corrid as recommended.

 

[MomsterT]

Shes a lot more active than she has been and actually eating. The diarrhea has cleared up with the probiotic and electrolytes. Changed her to normal water past night and tonight will examine again then change water to have a dose of corid in it.

 

[Kiki]

Shes a lot more active than she has been and actually eating. The diarrhea has cleared up with the probiotic and electrolytes. Changed her to normal water past night and tonight will examine again then change water to have a dose of corid in it.

Corid needs to be given daily over a course of five continuous days.