Steps to take after Coccidia outbreak?

[paxfarms]

Over the course of four days, I lost 10 brand new one week old babies to Coccidia. They were hatched and being raised by a broody hen in a coop that is only used for broody hens and their babies. I started Corid, but the babies were just too young, so it was ineffective against the outbreak. I sent 4 of the chicks to the state lab for necropsies and confirmed Coccidia.

My question from, what do I do now?

1) The broody hen is still in the broody pen. She is showing no symptoms at all. I don't know if she can carry the Coccidia to the layers pen if I put her back in with them, so I've left her in the broody pen until I have answers. I don't want it to spread any further. Is it advisable that I leave her where she is or should I move her back to the layers pen?

2) The broody hen is still being treated with Corid. Should I continue treating her or stop?

3) Is there anything I can do, or need to do to treat the broody pen? I plan to clean out the shavings, sanitize the feeder and drinker, all the same things I normally do between uses, but is there anything else that needs to be done to treat the area, inside and/or outside?

4) Is there a threat to any other chicks or mature chickens that I put in that pen? I have only had one other broody hen and her clutch in this pen before this incident and they did fine.

If you have any other advice or comments, please feel free to share. I've never dealt with this before so I'm trying to learn all I possibly can.

 

[Kris5902]

From what I understand the Coccidia is present in the soil and manure, so your broody hen is probably immune to it by now, but may have passed it on to the chicks, which haven’t developed an immunity. The coccidiosis leading to the chicks death is due to a large load of the cocci that overwhelms their system damaging their digestive system. I would clean the brooder area out thoroughly, keep the corrid on hand, and watch very closely for symptoms, beginning treatment at the first signs. Your layers are also probably already exposed and coping with the load. Assuming you haven’t brought any new birds into the flock it’s probably your local strain that killed them.

Very not an expert, but this is my understanding from what I found out when I lost an older chick to it, after unknowingly bringing in some new chicks from an outside source with coccidiosis. So sorry for your loss