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- Mar 29, 2022
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I’m trying to figure out what is wrong with my chicken. I have a sick 16 week old cream legbar named Lizzo among my flock of 8 chickens. See the timeline below.
6/11
- started acting lethargic, getting pale, wobbly on feet, diarrhea present in coop but unclear who it was from, no blood
- began adding 2 T of Corid to 1 gallon of water to treat for Coccidiosis (based on input from these forums)
6/18
- she fell off the ramp in the coop, so I moved here to a tote in the garage and she was sleeping almost constantly
6/20
- drench dosed .5ml directly into her beak for three days along with Corid water (I did notice improvement, she seemed to be a bit more aware, less sleepy)
6/26
- still wobbly and fallingover, I started here on amoxicillin 250mgfor 10 day (currently on day 5) to treat any potential secondary bacterial infection
I also started giving her some probiotics in her water with the Corid
But now she seems to be heading the other way again, looking sleepy, not stable.
Does anyone have any thoughts of what to do next or what this might be? Stay the course? Other intervention?
some other notes:
- Poop looks normal now, no visible worms
- outdoor temperatures have been mild and comfortable 60-70 degrees
- my other birds look healthy as far as I can tell
- previous thread: https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...d-for-coccidiosis-ups-downs-now-what.1533975/
- special thanks to @azygous for the helpful advice to this point
6/11
- started acting lethargic, getting pale, wobbly on feet, diarrhea present in coop but unclear who it was from, no blood
- began adding 2 T of Corid to 1 gallon of water to treat for Coccidiosis (based on input from these forums)
6/18
- she fell off the ramp in the coop, so I moved here to a tote in the garage and she was sleeping almost constantly
6/20
- drench dosed .5ml directly into her beak for three days along with Corid water (I did notice improvement, she seemed to be a bit more aware, less sleepy)
6/26
- still wobbly and fallingover, I started here on amoxicillin 250mgfor 10 day (currently on day 5) to treat any potential secondary bacterial infection
I also started giving her some probiotics in her water with the Corid
But now she seems to be heading the other way again, looking sleepy, not stable.
Does anyone have any thoughts of what to do next or what this might be? Stay the course? Other intervention?
some other notes:
- Poop looks normal now, no visible worms
- outdoor temperatures have been mild and comfortable 60-70 degrees
- my other birds look healthy as far as I can tell
- previous thread: https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...d-for-coccidiosis-ups-downs-now-what.1533975/
- special thanks to @azygous for the helpful advice to this point