Hello, any help would be much appreciated!
I have two brooders - one houses seven 4 week old chicks and two 10 week old chicks. The second is directly next to it and houses fifteen 2 week old chicks.
Yesterday I noticed that one of the older chicks was just standing to the corner of the brooder with her feathers puffed up and I immediately thought of coccidiosis. I ran to tractor supply and picked up 20% corid powder. I started them on the 1/2 tsp per gallon dosage and dropped a few droppers full of the stuff into the mouth of the chick that was exhibiting symptoms. After that I observed them for a while and they all appeared to be drinking the water and still eating so I figured things would clear up.
I also started the younger chicks on the corid water as a precaution because the brooders are directly next to each other and I thought some of the shavings may end up in the other brooder or something may spread on my hands, etc.
Tonight I got up in the middle of the night to feed my baby and as is my usual practice checked the brooders. To my horror, a beautiful young Icebar chick in the younger brooder was lying on her back being trampled. I picked her up and set her in a box where she promptly started flopping about wildly and died within minutes. This chick had appeared perfectly healthy since I got her a week ago. I noticed one of the other Icebar chicks occasionally opening her beak in a mouth breathing kind of way. Upon checking on the bigger chicks, the one that had originally shown cocci symptoms was still standing in the corner, but I noticed she too is occasionally opening her beak to breath.
Now I'm wondering, could treating with Corid have done this? Should I withdraw treatment of the younger chicks? They are on pine shavings which I just changed out completely yesterday and I am constantly scooping out any soiled shavings and replacing with dry. They are eating medicated chick starter. The younger chicks still have a heat lamp in the corner which they occasionally lay under and they do not appear hot or cold. The bigger chicks do not have a lamp any more, but they are housed in the corner of my living room which I am air conditioning to 78 degrees and some of the light from the other brooder spills over in to theirs.
Does this sound like something besides cocci? Should I treat for respiratory distress? What about the chick with seizures and death?
Please help if you can, thank you.
I have two brooders - one houses seven 4 week old chicks and two 10 week old chicks. The second is directly next to it and houses fifteen 2 week old chicks.
Yesterday I noticed that one of the older chicks was just standing to the corner of the brooder with her feathers puffed up and I immediately thought of coccidiosis. I ran to tractor supply and picked up 20% corid powder. I started them on the 1/2 tsp per gallon dosage and dropped a few droppers full of the stuff into the mouth of the chick that was exhibiting symptoms. After that I observed them for a while and they all appeared to be drinking the water and still eating so I figured things would clear up.
I also started the younger chicks on the corid water as a precaution because the brooders are directly next to each other and I thought some of the shavings may end up in the other brooder or something may spread on my hands, etc.
Tonight I got up in the middle of the night to feed my baby and as is my usual practice checked the brooders. To my horror, a beautiful young Icebar chick in the younger brooder was lying on her back being trampled. I picked her up and set her in a box where she promptly started flopping about wildly and died within minutes. This chick had appeared perfectly healthy since I got her a week ago. I noticed one of the other Icebar chicks occasionally opening her beak in a mouth breathing kind of way. Upon checking on the bigger chicks, the one that had originally shown cocci symptoms was still standing in the corner, but I noticed she too is occasionally opening her beak to breath.
Now I'm wondering, could treating with Corid have done this? Should I withdraw treatment of the younger chicks? They are on pine shavings which I just changed out completely yesterday and I am constantly scooping out any soiled shavings and replacing with dry. They are eating medicated chick starter. The younger chicks still have a heat lamp in the corner which they occasionally lay under and they do not appear hot or cold. The bigger chicks do not have a lamp any more, but they are housed in the corner of my living room which I am air conditioning to 78 degrees and some of the light from the other brooder spills over in to theirs.
Does this sound like something besides cocci? Should I treat for respiratory distress? What about the chick with seizures and death?
Please help if you can, thank you.
