Update on chicks PG 4

not to confuse you , but purely for informational purposes on the SULMET dosage (so the SULMET without the Aureomycin)
http://www.drugs.com/vet/sulmet-soluble-powder.html
(SULMET Soluble Powder- Fort Dodge)
Chickens And Turkeys
Add the required dose to that amount of water that will be consumed in one day. Water consumption should be carefully checked to insure adequate drug intake. As a generalization, 100 turkeys will drink one gallon of water per day for each week of age; chickens will consume one-half this amount.

Dosage: Poultry
Add 2 tablespoons (1 fl oz) to each gallon, or one gallon of stock solution to 128 gallons. Following administration directions, this will provide a recommended dose of approximately 58 to 85 mg/lb/day (128 to 187 mg/kg/day) body weight in chickens and 50 to 124 mg/lb/day (110 to 273 mg/kg/day) body weight in turkeys, depending upon the dosage, age, class of chickens or turkeys, ambient temperature and other factors.

coccidiosis (in Chickens And Turkeys): Medicate As Above For 2 Days, Then Reduce Drug Concentration To One-half Above For 4 Additional Days.

http://www.drugs.com/vet/sulmet-drinking-water-solution-12-5.html
(Sulmet Drinking Water Solution 12.5%-Fort Dodge)
Dosage: Poultry
Add 2 tablespoons (1 fl oz) to each gallon of drinking water, or the contents of this container to 16 gallons. Following administration directions below, this will provide a recommended dose of approximately 61 to 89 mg/lb/day (134 to 196 mg/kg/day) body weight in chickens and 53 to 130 mg/lb/day (117 to 286 mg/kg/day) body weight in turkeys, depending upon the dosage, age and class of chickens or turkeys, ambient temperature, and other factors

Coccidiosis (in Chickens And Turkeys)
Medicate as above for 2 days, then reduce amount of Sulmet Drinking Water Solution to one-half above for 4 additional days.
 
UPDATE:

Well, after discovering that I got the wrong stuff, I wasn't able to treat my chicks last night. The vet can get the stuff I need this afternoon, but when I went out to the coop today the 4 chicks I suspected of cocci are acting almost normal. They aren't going out into the run, but they are all eating and drinking now. Yesterday I gave them poly-vis-il and some water and food, and they all drank but only 2 of them were eating. Now they all are. I'm leaning towards getting the CORID (amprolium) anyway and treating my whole flock, cause something WAS wrong and probably still is, but I want some opinions on that. Should I go ahead and treat everyone anyway??? (BTW, thanks to EVERYONE who helped me with this, I was so panicky yesterday I couldn't have made it without you!!! you guys ROCK!!!)
 
Would it be possible to get the vet to do a fecal for you? That way you would know for sure if it was cocci or something else and could treat it accordingly.
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well, right now it's waaaayyy out of my budget (even if it's only $20) to get a fecal, the amprolium is only gonna cost me about $5. I can ask to see exactly how much it will be, hopefully it's not that much. Worth a shot....
 
The amprolium is a cocci inhibitor, I believe. Even if your chickens don't have cocci (in case you can't get the fecal, I do understand about the $$ situation!), it won't hurt them to administer it. It's in most medicated chick feeds.
 

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