Silkie chick with a broken leg?

[seminolewind]

Too funny, Tiki.

Do you have any idea if symptomatic birds are more "potent" even to the flock that exposed them in the first place?

 

[tiki244]

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I dont know, but I always thought that if one chicken has cocci than you treat the whole flock.

 

[Silkie-Guinz]

Thanks to both of y'all for how long to keep him on Corrid.

We got our older guineas from a local feed store, she order them for us. We got them when they were two days old. We got them July 5th. So they are about six weeks now, I think.

We got Minnie & Tweety July 16th, and the time we got them, the man said they were five weeks. So, he's eight weeks old today.

We separated Minnie and Tweety from the older guineas about two weeks ago, because she was being pushed and knocked around with her leg being twisted back, and stayed in the corner of the brooder, only coming over to eat or drink. So we put her and put Tweety in another brooder because she seemed to be really attached to him, and didn't like being alone.

Minnie started having bloody stools on the night of August 4th, and passed away August 5th. Tweety started having blood in his stools the day after she died.

As for the 9 guineas we hatched, they have never set foot on ground. They are two weeks old. We don't know if Tweety and Minnie was on the ground before we got them.

We have six silkies that are in with the two six week olds, and the younger guineas we hatched. They are probably ranging in ages 3 to 4 weeks.

We also have 4 more silkies, and 2 showgirls, from the same person. They are around 11 days old. They have their own separate brooder, they've never met any of our birds. Tweety has his own brooder, and the 6 silkies, and both younger and the two older guineas share one brooder. That's basically about it.


But Tweety is drinking more, and becoming more and more like him self every day, scratching at the bedding, and walking around the brooder more.

his last couple stools didn't have much blood in them. We also found out today, that he loves pecking at my Mom's glasses.

We've lived at our place for 11 years, and have never had chickens. People that lived here before had horses. I am wondering and want to learn more about this coccidosis is in already in the ground? When we put them in the coop outside (which will be soon as they are old enough) will we go thru this again??

Should we be concerned?? Do I need to treat them with corid when we put them out? Does anyone know of a good reading book we can buy? Gosh I just want them safe and not harm them and trying to understand all of this.

 

[tiki244]

I think cocci lives in every chickens intestine, it is just a problem when there becomes too much of it. So I wouldnt be worried but be watchful until they are 6 months of age. You nay have to re medicate in the future if they come down with it again as there are several strains. Always give the probiotics for 10 days after the meds.

After you have medicated and done the probiotics, when you have nothing in the water, you can add a tablespoon of apple cider vineger to their drinking water to keep the bacteria out of it. That helps. And maybe once or twice a week instead of apple cider vineger in the water you can add some probiotics, that helps too. But just put one thing in water at a time.


1 tablespoon ACV to 1 gallon water

 

[seminolewind]

Yea, I think there's a bit in all chickens, (or is that e.coli?) But I also read that it's all over in the ground. Eventually, chicks get older and become resistant to it. So, we don't know if they were out on the ground before you got them, but I am wondering if they could carry coccidiosis for 3 weeks? I don't know if it takes that long to get it.

I don't know why else those 2 would have bleeding. I'm glad that Tweety is looking better.

 

[Silkie-Guinz]

I have a update on Tweety, and it's a good one.

I noticed Tweety was acting sad, mostly from being alone in the brooder, with nothing to do. So I got a little bit of yogurt, and mixed it with his feed, and folded up a towel and laid it out on our hard wood floor next to his brooder.

I put him on the towel, and I started feeding him a little with my finger, he ate a only a couple bites. So I decided to see if he would eat it on his own and I sat and watched him. He was walking around, and once he noticed the little pieces of bedding beside the towel, he got off the towel, and started pecking at the pieces. Then he seen a couple small pieces of feed, and was eating each one up.

I took that as a idea, and to get him interested in the yogurt, I took his feed and sprinkled a little on the top, not mixing it up. As soon as he seen it, he came over and ate most of it off, while eating a bit of the yogurt, as well.

So I took a few pieces of his feed and put it on the floor, making sure he could see it, even though it was a few inches away. He came racing over as fast as his feet could take him, grabbing it up as if someone else would take it.

He didn't stray too far from the towel, mostly walking around it, pecking at the ground and going beside his brooder. He also liked stepping his feet in the yogurt as he ate it, then getting out, walking around and scratching at the floor. And putting little feet marks on the floor.

He's acting a lot better once you get him out and let him do his own thing. Though this morning we had changed the bedding in the older chicks brooder that's close to him, and we had just finished and was opening the top to pick a chick up to hold and like usual they all ran to the back like their lives depended on it.

With all the noise they were making, poor Tweety started crying the sound that they make when they are all alone because they were so close yet so far away... Poor guy.

But I think I will try to keep his little mind busy to pass the time until he gets to go back with the other chicks.

He's eating more feed then yesterday, and drinking... Though I do put my finger in the water,because he still comes over and drinks beside my finger, just in case he's not drinking enough. His stool doesn't have any more blood.

Thank you tiki244 and siminolewind for the info about coccidosis.. Now we know more about it.

 

[seminolewind]

Chicks also love mash made of chick feed. I'm really glad he's doing beter

 

[smokeykk]

I am so sorry for your loss of minnie, but I just thought i should say, that i believe minnie was a boy, and I think tweety might be a girl. I'm also glad that tweety's ok,

 

[Pretty Birdie]

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Just so you know, I have heard that the chicks don't have to be outside to catch cocci. They can catch it by coming into contact with the poo of an adult who has been exposed to it, for example if they were day-olds when you got them, and they had been brooded by the hens and not by a 'bator.

 

[Silkie-Guinz]

seminolewind, okay, thank you.

We might try that.

smokeykk, Thank you.

How can you tell? We don't really know, so we just go by the chick's personality, and usually give them names that can be changed to something similar to the first name we gave them, like we have a black silkie chick we named Jack, so if it turns out to be a hen, we can call her Jackie.

Or if they have a particular marking. We usually do it like that.

Pretty Birdie, Oh, okay. thank you for that infomation. Maybe that's how they got it?


Tweety's doing better today, I found out he has a new hobby at night time. He will scratch up the bedding pretty deep, that way in the morning I can tell he's been busy.

I even got him out earlier and was able to get him to eat, probably more then he's ever had before of yogurt. He actually ate it pretty much easily, and seemed more eager to eat it.

He's on his fourth day of treatment with Corid. At first, I was really worried about him because he was acting way differant then he usually is, but now he's getting better with each passing day.

I think all the extra attention he was getting to make sure he's was eating and drinking I gave him, or as my family says, "spoiling" him, paid off.

Really? Me spoiling Tweety?

no!

I was wondering if anyone ever had this before, We have a silkie chick, a Blue chick named Trix, who is seven weeks now, I think, and I noticed it yesterday while cleaning their brooder that if you pick Trix up, she would close her eyes. You could talk to her, move her around, even transfer her to another person, and she wouldn't open her eyes. Lay her on her back, still has her eyes closed. You put her back in the brooder, she's up and at em', running around acting normal with the other chicks. If you are holding her and she hears the other chicks nearby making alot of noise, she will open her eyes. She's eating and drinking and acting normal like the others, but is this alright for her?

She acts really like nothing's really wrong, she's not acting like she's sick or anything. Just acts like she's ready to fall asleep in my hands... It's really weird... Just wanted to know if this was okay. Is it because she doesn't want to see us?

I really have no idea. I really don't want anyone else sick. If anyone else gets sick, I don't know what I'm going to do...

Thank you!

This was took just seconds after sitting her on the table. She still had her eyes open.



After you pick her up, she closes her eyes and acts sleepy.


Laying her on her back. Looks like she's sleeping.


Here's Tweety, having his time out of the brooder. He was eating his feed off the floor that I put down to keep him entertained.