Tylan powder and Corid Liquid

[berkchicks]

Oh gosh, yes, their poop!
That’s the other thing that’s so unusual. They all have abnormal poop ranging from just watery diarrhea to green poop (watery and pellet formed) to foamy yellow, to blueish teal. No blood though.

Oh and no bad smells.

Poor things...I hope they pull through.
This doesn't sound like coccidiosis.

What does their poop look like?

 

[berkchicks]

Thank you so much. We have a range from 2 years old to two months old.
The two that passed were 2 years old and the one that is very sick today is 2 years old.
The babies are currently showing NO symptoms at all - knock on wood.

Symptoms are explained above but I forgot to add in that they all have very strange poop ranging from classic watery diarrhea to foamy yellow poop to green sloppy poop to green pellet poop to blue teal poop.

I have corid liquid and started that few hours ago in a separate waterer.

My gut is telling me that since the Tylan hasn’t done much help in 5 days to try to corid.

Can you give a little background on the ages and the symptoms you are seeing? Do you have Corid liquid or powder? I would complete the Tylan today and give each chicken 0.1 ml per pound of undiluted Corid today, then mix the Corid in the water tomorrow. Or just continue the Corid water today if you have already started it. For any weak chickens give the undiluted Corid twice a day for a couple of days in addition to the medicated water. I do not mix any medications together, and if you have 2 separate medications in water, the chickens are not going to get the right dosage of either.

 

[casportpony]

With the Corid you can give it undiluted. The dose I would use is 0.1 ml per pound of body bodyweight 2-3 times a day.

If you have Tylan Soluble powder I need to look it up, but I think one teaspoon weighs 2.5 to 3 grams, which is 2500 to 3000 mg per teaspoon.

The chicken dose is 50 mg per pound per day.

I will assume that one teaspoon weighs 2.5 grams.
Take 1/2 teaspoon, mix with 10 ml (2 teaspoons) of water and stir well. Now your 10 ml = 1250 mg, which is 125 mg per 1 ml.

Give 0.1 ml per pound of body weight 4 times a day.

 

[berkchicks]

Ok thank you. I just gave her an undiluted dose.

With the Corid you can give it undiluted. The dose I would use is 0.1 ml per pound of body bodyweight 2-3 times a day.

If you have Tylan Soluble powder I need to look it up, but I think one teaspoon weighs 2.5 to 3 grams, which is 2500 to 3000 mg per teaspoon.

The chicken dose is 50 mg per pound per day.

I will assume that one teaspoon weighs 2.5 grams.
Take 1/2 teaspoon, mix with 10 ml (2 teaspoons) of water and stir well. Now your 10 ml = 1250 mg, which is 125 mg per 1 ml.

Give 0.1 ml per pound of body weight 4 times a day.

 

[Eggcessive]

Some respiratory diseases are caused by viruses (infectious bronchitis and ILT,) so would not respond to Tylan. But you did say that the respiratory symptoms did seem to improve. It is possible that the ones that died may have had a secondary infection or air sacculitis. Just consider the post about a necrospy by your state vet if the deaths continue—but I hope not.

 

[berkchicks]

Thank you so much. I just really wish we had these test results back so we knew exactly what we were dealing with.

If it is a virus there’s really no treatment, correct?

My husband and I agreed that if anyone else passes away we will have a necropsy done.

The two that we lost we already buried very deep and under very large stones.

What’s strange is, it was the ones that seemed to have the worst of the respiratory symptoms, coughing, sneezing, etc. that have gotten better.

So that makes me think that maybe the Tylan did help?

The ones that have died never really had the coughing so much, just here and there, but it was the second stage of sitting with their eyes closed that made it different than the others that haven’t passed away.

It’s exhausting and draining. I’m trying so hard.

I really appreciate all of the help and advice.

Some respiratory diseases are caused by viruses (infectious bronchitis and ILT,) so would not respond to Tylan. But you did say that the respiratory symptoms did seem to improve. It is possible that the ones that died may have had a secondary infection or air sacculitis. Just consider the post about a necrospy by your state vet if the deaths continue—but I hope not.

 

[Eggcessive]

Sorry that you are dealing with illness. Viruses will not respond to the antibiotics, but since there can be a secondary infection, antibiotics are good to use just in case you are dealing with mycoplasma (MG.) It could be if you also have coccidiosis, or something else going on, such as heat, molting, etc., that they had become very weak. Sick chickens are frequently sleepy and do not drink well, so making sure that they get the medicine and plenty of fluids can help. @casportpony has given you good advice on that.

 

[berkchicks]

Thank you again. What I’ve been doing is I have the Tylan in their main water and I have the corid mixed into little waterers that I can carry around and give them.

Trying to give them both equally but I know that’s not really possible. I wish the vet had given me Tylan injectable or oral. This would be so much easier that way.

Any thoughts about how the babies are the only ones that haven’t shown any symptoms? Are there certain infections that can only affect birds of a certain older age?

Sorry that you are dealing with illness. Viruses will not respond to the antibiotics, but since there can be a secondary infection, antibiotics are good to use just in case you are dealing with mycoplasma (MG.) It could be if you also have coccidiosis, or something else going on, such as heat, molting, etc., that they had become very weak. Sick chickens are frequently sleepy and do not drink well, so making sure that they get the medicine and plenty of fluids can help. @casportpony has given you good advice on that.

 

[Eggcessive]

Go back and read @casportpony ’s instructions on mixing the Tylan powder and the Corid to give it to each chicken in post 13. Here it is:

With the Corid you can give it undiluted. The dose I would use is 0.1 ml per pound of body bodyweight 2-3 times a day.

If you have Tylan Soluble powder I need to look it up, but I think one teaspoon weighs 2.5 to 3 grams, which is 2500 to 3000 mg per teaspoon.

The chicken dose is 50 mg per pound per day.

I will assume that one teaspoon weighs 2.5 grams.
Take 1/2 teaspoon, mix with 10 ml (2 teaspoons) of water and stir well. Now your 10 ml = 1250 mg, which is 125 mg per 1 ml.

Give 0.1 ml per pound of body weight 4 times a day.

 

[berkchicks]

Thank you. I saw that and gave an undiluted dose to the one who is worrying me the most (basically the one who is the reason for this post)

The other ones are drinking normal amounts on their own from both the Tylan and corid waterers.

Go back and read @casportpony ’s instructions on mixing the Tylan powder and the Corid to give it to each chicken in post 13. Here it is: