Help! My three day old chicks have been exposed to coccidiosis- is the treatment dose safe at their age?

[Ohsrsly]

I ordered chicks from a homestead and received a mix of ages including, unexpectedly and less than ideally, a five week old chick and several 2-3 week olds. The five week old has red in her stool- not every stool, just a few of them per day.

I am also seeing some red in the stool in the brooder where the 0-3 week old chicks are being kept away from the five week old.

I have been treating the five week old and my outdoor flock with Corrid. I am currently giving the little ones the prevention dose BUT since I see red in droppings I am worried that won’t be enough.

Is the treatment dose safe and appropriate for chicks as young as three days old?

 

[nuthatched]

Yes. It's not remotely harmful, It's just a thiamine inhibitor.
Is it blood or just intestinal shed?

 

[Ohsrsly]

Yes. It's not remotely harmful, It's just a thiamine inhibitor.
Is it blood or just intestinal shed?

I’m not sure how to tell the difference! I only know that the larger chicken has had at least two days of occasional droppings with red and I do not know which/how many of the little chicks are producing the red in their stool.

This is what the older chicks stool looks like.

 

[nuthatched]

I’m not sure how to tell the difference! I only know that the larger chicken has had at least two days of occasional droppings with red and I do not know which/how many of the little chicks are producing the red in their stool.

This is what the older chicks stool looks like.

Mm, corrid won't hurt.

 

[Ohsrsly]

Yes. It's not remotely harmful, It's just a thiamine inhibitor.
Is it blood or just intestinal shed?

Here’s what the chick brooder droppings look like.

I just wasn’t sure if ones so little as 3 days old can have Corrid? Is it risky to inhibit thiamine?

 

[Eggcessive]

I would definitely treat the older chicks with the bloody droppings. Treat with 2 tsp of the Corid liquid or 1.5 tsp of the powder per gallon of water for 5 days. Usually baby chicks don’t get coccidiosis until a few weeks old. But if you see frank blood, I would use the stronger dose. Once treatment is finished, give vitamins for a few days.

 

[Ohsrsly]

I would definitely treat the older chicks with the bloody droppings. Treat with 2 tsp of the Corid liquid or 1.5 tsp of the powder per gallon of water for 5 days. Usually baby chicks don’t get coccidiosis until a few weeks old. But if you see frank blood, I would use the stringer dose. Once treatment is finished, give vitamins for a few days.

They all share the same water supply. Is it safe for the babies to have the full dose?

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I ordered chicks from a homestead and received a mix of ages including, unexpectedly and less than ideally, a five week old chick and several 2-3 week olds. The five week old has red in her stool- not every stool, just a few of them per day.

I am also seeing some red in the stool in the brooder where the 0-3 week old chicks are being kept away from the five week old.

I have been treating the five week old and my outdoor flock with Corrid. I am currently giving the little ones the prevention dose BUT since I see red in droppings I am worried that won’t be enough.

Is the treatment dose safe and appropriate for chicks as young as three days old?

I’m not sure how to tell the difference! I only know that the larger chicken has had at least two days of occasional droppings with red and I do not know which/how many of the little chicks are producing the red in their stool.

This is what the older chicks stool looks like.

Here’s what the chick brooder droppings look like.

I just wasn’t sure if ones so little as 3 days old can have Corrid? Is it risky to inhibit thiamine?

They all share the same water supply. Is it safe for the babies to have the full dose?

Yes, give them all the full dose - treat them all.

Do you have another user account/name? This same photo was posted yesterday on another thread under a different name...
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/coccidia.1660645/#post-28553904

 

[Ohsrsly]

Yes, give them all the full dose - treat them all.

Do you have another user account/name? This same photo was posted yesterday on another thread under a different name...
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/coccidia.1660645/#post-28553904

I don’t have another account, but I did send the photo to a few individual people yesterday - wonder if it was one of them?