Silkie thread!

[Fancychooklady]

I'm frustrated.  I treated for coccidiosis a month ago.  Now I'm seeing blood again.  I saw some last week but hadn't seen any since.  now today I saw some bloody poop again in the shavings.  I don't know who's feeling icky and bleeding their guts out.  But, I had treated with corid and the correct amount, and for 8 days.  what else can I, should I do?  I've had this problem before with a chicken in the past.  But, that chicken eventually didn't make it.  

I just wonder what else I can do to prevent it.  My silkies are the only ones to get it, the other coop I have, nobody gets cocci.  which makes me think that it is because if it rains, the shavings get wet in the silkie coop.  so I need to figure out how to prevent that from happening.  I've been giving apple cider vinegar with the mother, and also vitamins as well.  But it doesn't seem to be helping.  do you think it is just due to things getting wet in there?

Your birds haven't built up an immunity yet. When treating , stop probiotics and acv.
For treatment use 30 gram in 25 L of water continuously for 7 days, then reduce this to
15 g in 25L for a further 5-7 days then 8 g to 25L for another 5-7 days.
This gradual reduction in the level of treatment assists birds to develop immunity while maintaining some level of protection.
To allow the correct development of immunity some exposure to coccidia is required.
Amprolium is a derivative of B group vitamins and works by inhibiting the coccidias ability to feed, there by starving it. For this reason the medication must be administered continuously for a minimum of 7 days.

 

[ChickNmamma]

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Can you reverse the direction of the open side? It sounds like whoever built it put the ventilation open to the storm side... oops. You will need the ventilation (as you know) or you will get frost bite and buildup of moisture. The coops I saw that were designed with ventilation and protection in mind had a seep roof that stopped the rain from blowing in - the ventilation was under the eaves and the rain and snow would have to go UP to get in. The steep roof also helped shed the snow. There were additional "windows" that had overhangs to stop blowing snow/rain - sort of like a tent effect.

You may want to re-design it with wind side/storm side in mind - put the ventilation on the protected side...

I know sometimes storms don't behave though - and you will always get a few that come around on the "wrong" side. Just plan against the majority...

 

[sheeshshe]

Oh that's not good, maybe you can put a barrier a few feet away from the coop, hang a tarp or plywood. Just a thought.

Ok, I'll try and see if I can figure out something like that. I'm going back out there. today is chicken coop day I put shingles on the addition today and fixed up some stuff on the inside. and now I have to block off the rafters in my other coop. then I can fiddle with figuring out what is going on with the water getting in.

 

[sheeshshe]

Can you reverse the direction of the open side? It sounds like whoever built it put the ventilation open to the storm side... oops. You will need the ventilation (as you know) or you will get frost bite and buildup of moisture. The coops I saw that were designed with ventilation and protection in mind had a seep roof that stopped the rain from blowing in - the ventilation was under the eaves and the rain and snow would have to go UP to get in. The steep roof also helped shed the snow. There were additional "windows" that had overhangs to stop blowing snow/rain - sort of like a tent effect.

You may want to re-design it with wind side/storm side in mind - put the ventilation on the protected side...

I know sometimes storms don't behave though - and you will always get a few that come around on the "wrong" side. Just plan against the majority...

ok, that gave me an idea... off to check it out

 

[Winnie22]

Just sharing, I gave my splash pullet a bath today. She was super dirty- dirt clumped beard, poop in her foot feathers, the whole shebang. She thoroughly enjoyed the blow dry portion of her spa day, turning this way and that, lifting up her wings and such. Enjoy

By the way, I apologize for the commode in the background, it wasn't warm enough for an outside bath. Oh, and I wouldn't blame you one bit if you said I didn't do a very good job with the whole getting her clean part

 

[Winnie22]

I just reposted that without my question.... how did you bathe your chicken!?!? Should I be bathing my silkies?? Ive never done this.... im not sure how they would react. How do you go about this? Whag did you uses to wash them with?

 

[ChickNmamma]

I just reposted that without my question.... how did you bathe your chicken!?!? Should I be bathing my silkies?? Ive never done this.... im not sure how they would react. How do you go about this? Whag did you uses to wash them with?

Hello and Welcome to the Silkie thread, and Welcome to BYC!

Only bathe them if you want to show them or they get so filthy they are unhappy. They will usually groom themselves most of the time.

There is a good post on how to bathe a Silkie here on BYC - I don't have the link but its easy to search.

You do need to be careful when you bathe them the first few times - they can drown because they can go into shock and put their heads down under the water. Bathing is not "enjoyable" when you think you are being eaten...

 

[newbie32]

I just reposted that without my question.... how did you bathe your chicken!?!? Should I be bathing my silkies?? Ive never done this.... im not sure how they would react. How do you go about this? Whag did you uses to wash them with?

I bathed mine with tear free baby shampoo as recommended by a blog on here somewhere. It is easy to do just don't get the water more than a few inches high. I used a Tupperware bowl to do it in and I was very careful not to scrub my bird or put too much shampoo on. I had a large glass of water already ready next to the bowl and I just took out the silkie and poured the water over to rinse. I was careful not to get the shampoo around the face so I didn't need to rinse there. This was all done outside. I let him air dry in the sun-I live in the desert so temps are high. You might need to use a blow dryer on low heat.

 

[ilovemysilkie]

This is my white silkie named CreamPuff at 6 months. She is pretty small for being 6 months!

 

[cmonkey4]

Anyone know where the best place to get a show quality silky near northeast Missouri?