Wrong start

[Misty Farm]

Hi I am a chicken lover and have had a wonderful time past raising chickens. Now retired I thought I would do it again.
It has all started out wrong. In the past years I never had a sick chicken, all but one chicken was purchased as a chick from a supplier.
This time I bought 5 young hens from one farm and had 6 more from another.
The first five were thin and within days showing signs of I think coccidia. I began Corid treatment.
The next six hens arrived fat and healthy and a week later now one is showing signs of coccidia. Treating all with Corid for 5 days. I have lost 2 from the first group and one from the second group is sick. Symptoms bloody diarrhea, ruffled feathers. Two others recovered, one from each group.
All others look good and bright but all are now are too thin. Feeding laying crumble, pellets, and scratch. They don’t seem to like anything not even scraps.
Cleaning coop daily, whitewashed, chickens get some free range time. Can these chickens be salvaged and brought back to health?

 

[sloanbychoice]

How old are they? And how long have they been on your property? Sometimes a property will carry strains of things they haven’t encountered before.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Here's an important step you're missing.

You need to quarantine any new birds you plan on introducing to the flock. 30 days of quarantine is what's recommended.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Hi I am a chicken lover and have had a wonderful time past raising chickens. Now retired I thought I would do it again.
It has all started out wrong. In the past years I never had a sick chicken, all but one chicken was purchased as a chick from a supplier.
This time I bought 5 young hens from one farm and had 6 more from another.
The first five were thin and within days showing signs of I think coccidia. I began Corid treatment.
The next six hens arrived fat and healthy and a week later now one is showing signs of coccidia. Treating all with Corid for 5 days. I have lost 2 from the first group and one from the second group is sick. Symptoms bloody diarrhea, ruffled feathers. Two others recovered, one from each group.
All others look good and bright but all are now are too thin. Feeding laying crumble, pellets, and scratch. They don’t seem to like anything not even scraps.
Cleaning coop daily, whitewashed, chickens get some free range time. Can these chickens be salvaged and brought back to health?

Treat for 7-10 days. If your able to, give them a direct drench from a syringe with undiluted corid.

If that doesn't work, a Sulfa Drug maybe required.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Also important. No vitamins during treatment.

 

[NatJ]

Here's an important step you're missing.

You need to quarantine any new birds you plan on introducing to the flock. 30 days of quarantine is what's recommended.

That can let you identify problems with any new chickens before they pass to your other chickens.

But if the very FIRST chickens brought the trouble with them, it would not have helped in this case.

 

[Misty Farm]

How old are they? And how long have they been on your property? Sometimes a property will carry strains of things they haven’t encountered before.

They are 6 months old and have been on my property less than a month.

 

[Misty Farm]

That can let you identify problems with any new chickens before they pass to your other chickens.

But if the very FIRST chickens brought the trouble with them, it would not have helped in this case.

Yes I know I made a mistake in getting two groups at once not knowing the first group was sick.

 

[Misty Farm]

Also important. No vitamins during treatment.

Thank you

 

[MysteryChicken]

Thank you

You're welcome.