Treating for Cocci

[Ohmyheart]

Hi everyone, I have a new problem.

The newer chicks I bought over a month ago now have bloody poop. They are 6 weeks old and I just happen to start intros (I read it was ok after 3 weeks, guess I should have read more) with the bigger pullets who are 4 1/2 months old. I started treating them for cocci as soon as we spotted blood. They looked perfectly normal up to that day. Then they looked off and sleepy.

The little ones have been treated, about to do retreat their water now at day 6 and I spotted one with blood still. I used the moderate amount and think I should have used the server doses. Do I need to do anything different other then increase the amount of Corid? They are acting

Since they did come in contact with the other pullets I started treating them too. I didn't think I needed to change the water bucket daily. Then read in a few spots I should change it daily. If this something I need to do or a preference? It's a 5 gallon bucket and it takes them a few days to empty it. But if I need to change it out I will?

 

[SunHwaKwon]

Whenever I am doing any type of treatment I switch to a smaller waterer and refill daily. The medications is likely to begin to degrade and not be as effective, especially if the water is sitting in the sun.

If they are exhibiting symptoms, you should definitely be using the outbreak dosage, which is a little over 2 grams of Corid (powder) per gallon.

Integrating at 3 weeks is fine, especially since the pullets are so young still. If that day they began to look sick, they were already infected prior to, so the integration was not the cause.

 

[Ohmyheart]

Thank you so much for the reply. I'll go ahead and switch out the water and do smaller amounts.