"The Coccidiosis in Chicks" thread

[ronott1]

Yeah, it is!

I got a bottle of the liquid from a neighbor who also keeps chickens (a few months ago when I had other chicks with Cocci).
I bought a packet of the powder yesterday. I haven't had a chance to read the instructions, as I haven't had need of it (I still have the water I made up with the liquid my neighbor gave me). If you have a link or something, the product I have is the 20% powder (amprolium).

This is what I do:

Corid Dosage:
If any show symptoms, all chicks should be treated. There is 9 species of this disease and ONLY 2 that have blood in the stool. Critical time is when chicks are between 4-16wks. of age.

chicks need to be treated when they are 3-4wks of age. 20% CORID POWDER....1.5TSP. PER GALLON FOR 5 DAYS and then another 5 days at 1/2 tps per gallon.
and to repeat it every 3wks if they have symptoms until they reach 9mos. of age.

After this its a good idea to put it once a week in their water.

Since you are losing them and the corid helped, I would follow this for the current year. It might be better next hatching season.

 

[TeaChick]

This is what I do:

Corid Dosage:
If any show symptoms, all chicks should be treated. There is 9 species of this disease and ONLY 2 that have blood in the stool. Critical time is when chicks are between 4-16wks. of age.

chicks need to be treated when they are 3-4wks of age. 20% CORID POWDER....1.5TSP. PER GALLON FOR 5 DAYS and then another 5 days at 1/2 tps per gallon.
and to repeat it every 3wks if they have symptoms until they reach 9mos. of age.

After this its a good idea to put it once a week in their water.

Since you are losing them and the corid helped, I would follow this for the current year. It might be better next hatching season.

Thank you very much for this info! It's a great help to me (I'm going to copy-and-paste it onto a document and put it in my "Chickens" folder on my desktop). =)

 

[ronott1]

Thank you very much for this info! It's a great help to me (I'm going to copy-and-paste it onto a document and put it in my "Chickens" folder on my desktop). =)

Your Welcome!

I have it in my notes too.

 

[TeaChick]

Your Welcome!

I have it in my notes too.

 

[Folly's place]

Plan to always have your chicks on medicated chick starter feed for their first six weeks; hopefully will prevent this problem. Clean out the brooder and dishes really well before the next batch of chicks, and treat if needed. All the best, Mary

 

[TeaChick]

Plan to always have your chicks on medicated chick starter feed for their first six weeks;  hopefully will prevent this problem.  Clean out the brooder and dishes really well before the next batch of chicks, and treat if needed.  All the best,  Mary

Thank you. Will do!

 

[TattooedChick]

Hey yall. So a little bit ago I changed the puppy pads in my 3 day old chicks brooder. I noticed that there was one little spot of poo that had a little bit of blood in it. I checked several times since and no other bloody poo. None of them are acting weird. All are eating and drinking and moving around.

Could it be a one time thing or is there something I should be doing?

 

[ronott1]

Hey yall. So a little bit ago I changed the puppy pads in my 3 day old chicks brooder. I noticed that there was one little spot of poo that had a little bit of blood in it. I checked several times since and no other bloody poo. None of them are acting weird. All are eating and drinking and moving around.

Could it be a one time thing or is there something I should be doing?

Every so often, they poop a brown cecal poop. You will see that off color poop.

I would watch them and at the first sign start treating them.

Get some 20% powder to have on hand. It lasts a long time and is easy to use.

 

[TattooedChick]

Thank you so much! Is that something I can get at TSC?

 

[ChickMom5711]

Hey yall. So a little bit ago I changed the puppy pads in my 3 day old chicks brooder. I noticed that there was one little spot of poo that had a little bit of blood in it. I checked several times since and no other bloody poo. None of them are acting weird. All are eating and drinking and moving around.

Could it be a one time thing or is there something I should be doing?

I actually had the same thing happen to me today. Freaked me out! But all are acting totally normal. Eating and drinking machines!