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Thank you all so much for helping me out with all of this! So nice to meet great people!
What causes Coccidiosis? Is this something that I can prevent by changing something we are doing or have around our yard?
I am not sure why my text is greyed! LOL
Does anyone know or has anyone bought the Corid online?
 
Many people end up buying Corid online. I have always gotten mine at Tractor Supply but, many just order it online and have it delivered.

Coccidiosis is caused by Coccidia. It is a protozoan that lives in the soil. There really isn't any way to prevent it. It is more prevalent in rainy, warm weather. During those times, the Coccidia flourish and become easier for the chickens to pick up and become infected. It is carried by rabbits, squirrels, rats, mice and wild birds.

Chickens of all ages can come down with Coccidiosis. Even though it is thought of as a chick illness.
 
You don't need to be this cautious. Using a dropper, drop the medication in the front of the beak under the tongue. Do not squirt it down their throat...that can cause drowning.
Missa Chickabee said:
I'm not saying it's this, but..........

Until what age can a young bird get coccidiosis? Just wondering because one of my birds got it at about 2 1/2 months of age (after I had gotten a new roo from someone) ( I was too uninformed and dumb to isolate)

I can't tell from the pic if she's "boofing (fluffling) up her feathers" and just sitting there. That's what my girl did. Her bahaviour is like your gal's and her poop was runny, not bloody as is often the case with coccidiosis.

I had to dropper-feed my little hen, one drop of Corid-water at a time on TOP of her beak until she got better. I spent a lot of time with her. I read that if you "force feed" you drown them as the liquid goes into the lungs.

Will be following your thread closely. Maybe you could post another pic or two?
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Well, I am still and will be a newbie for some time so I am asking questions, too. I can't quite tell from the pictures (good pics, tho) but are her eyes puffy? I remember reading that puffy eyes can mean something else....not coccidiosis. Not wanting or trying to complicate, just don't want to lead you down a wrong road, either.
 
Her eyes are not puffy at all. Just the lids are white or look like they have lost color.

She also feels warm. If she were my kid would say she has a fever.
 
When mine definitely had classical coccidiosis the "experienced" chicken guy at the coop tried to sell me some tetracycline. I said..."if this is coccidiosis, antibiotics aren't going to help. Do you carry Corid because I think it's coccidiosis" "Oh yes, that will do as well," he said. Go figure. Some people will tell you anything. But what LeadWolf1 said matches the books. I have also heard
that these protozoa can be resident in the soil. I think my girls got it from the new roo's poop.

Does she appear to be puffing herself up in her feathers.... ie moreso than her norm? When mine had coccidiosis her eyes were fine.

I was told by some experienced BYC folk that coccidiosis can take them down really fast.....like within 24 hours.


This is what Chickens are Sweet gave me and it worked like a charm:

Corid 9.6% solution- that's the right stuff.
Take 9.5 ml and put it in a gallon of water. Mix it, and give that to them as their only water. Change solution daily. Give for 5 days. Repeat course if coccidiosis signs come back (have had to do this myself).
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/86975/corid-dosing
see pips and peeps post #2 on this thread

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/434486/dosage-for-corid-9-6-oral-solution
here's another (post #2 in this thread)

I gave you the threads above as corroboration of the dosage I am mentioning. I have given this dose myself and had excellent results. Death can occur within 24 hours so don't delay treatment.
 
One thing to remember...the dosage for powdered Corid is different.
Missa Chickabee said:
When mine definitely had classical coccidiosis the "experienced" chicken guy at the coop tried to sell me some tetracycline. I said..."if this is coccidiosis, antibiotics aren't going to help. Do you carry Corid because I think it's coccidiosis" "Oh yes, that will do as well," he said. Go figure. Some people will tell you anything. But what LeadWolf1 said matches the books. I have also heard
that these protozoa can be resident in the soil. I think my girls got it from the new roo's poop.

Does she appear to be puffing herself up in her feathers.... ie moreso than her norm? When mine had coccidiosis her eyes were fine.

I was told by some experienced BYC folk that coccidiosis can take them down really fast.....like within 24 hours.


This is what Chickens are Sweet gave me and it worked like a charm:

Corid 9.6% solution- that's the right stuff.
Take 9.5 ml and put it in a gallon of water. Mix it, and give that to them as their only water. Change solution daily. Give for 5 days. Repeat course if coccidiosis signs come back (have had to do this myself).
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/86975/corid-dosing
see pips and peeps post #2 on this thread

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/434486/dosage-for-corid-9-6-oral-solution
here's another (post #2 in this thread)

I gave you the threads above as corroboration of the dosage I am mentioning. I have given this dose myself and had excellent results. Death can occur within 24 hours so don't delay treatment.
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