I separated one of my four year old Cuckoo Marans hens today because she’s been having diarrhea and is lethargic. She’s seemed to have this issue on and off throughout her life but no blood in stool noticeable and she’s the only one of my hens that has had this problem. I haven’t treated her for Coccidia before but I didn’t think it would hurt to try at this point. No other parasite issue history with the rest of my flock in SW Montana.
I was in a hurry to get to work this morning and couldn’t find my Corid liquid, so I just gave her a bowl of medicated chick starter and clean water and stuck her in my extra coop. This morning she was sleeping on the coop floor before I separated her from the group, and this evening she’s been able to fly up onto the roost in the hospital coop, so I think she’s feeling at least a bit better. Would it be okay to keep her on the medicated starter for a few days if she keeps improving? I have some liquid Corid I could dose her with instead but wouldn’t mind using up the medicated starter since I usually don’t feed it to my chicks anyway. She could stand to gain a bit of weight.
I was in a hurry to get to work this morning and couldn’t find my Corid liquid, so I just gave her a bowl of medicated chick starter and clean water and stuck her in my extra coop. This morning she was sleeping on the coop floor before I separated her from the group, and this evening she’s been able to fly up onto the roost in the hospital coop, so I think she’s feeling at least a bit better. Would it be okay to keep her on the medicated starter for a few days if she keeps improving? I have some liquid Corid I could dose her with instead but wouldn’t mind using up the medicated starter since I usually don’t feed it to my chicks anyway. She could stand to gain a bit of weight.
