How long until corid starts working?

[raisingthelma]

Hello! I noticed bloody stool yesterday morning when I opened up the coop, so I ran to the store and got Corid. My 11 week old chickens do not seem to have any other symptoms, and none of them are injured. I dosed their water correctly, 2 tsp per gallon. It is the only source of drinking water they have, and they are drinking it. I woke up this morning to find more blood in their stools. How long does it take for the Corid to work? Thanks in advance for any input. I am very concerned and hope this resolves quickly!

 

[raisingthelma]

Also, is it safe to give a corid oral dose to the ones that I know are sick in addition to them drinking the corid water?

 

[BigBlueHen53]

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[raisingthelma]

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Update: All the chickens except one seem fine (running up to me like normal, drinking water, eating food). One of them doesn't want to leave the roost, so she's not drinking water or eating. I went ahead and did an oral drench according to instructions read on BYC forums. (0.1 mL per pound). It went well. Waiting to see if her behavior changes at all. I'll do it again tonight and tomorrow morning. Is there anything else I should do?

The Corid-medicated water is the water available for her and all the other chickens. This is day 2 of medicated water.

 

[Eggcessive]

It is good to give the oral drench dose to especially sick chickens. Glad that you found the dosage. Many times chickens will continue to have blood in stools for days. Usually they will perk up with Corid in a day or two, unless they were very sick or have a strain of coccidiosis that is resistant to Corid. Other drugs that may be used with more resistant strains are sulfa antibiotics such as sulfadimethoxine or Albon, bactrim or SMZ TMP, and the drug toltrazuril (Endocox.) Here is a link for Endocox, and
https://jedds.com/products/endocox-powder and sulfadimethoxine:
https://jedds.com/products/medicox-medpet

 

[Eggcessive]

Here is a good link on giving oral fluids and medication:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...dications-to-all-poultry-and-waterfowl.73335/

Tube or crop feeding is also something that can be done. Fluid requirements are 15 ml per kilogram (each 2.2 pounds) given 2-3 times a day. Tube feeding sets are available at Amazon here:
https://www.amazon.com/Agri-Pro-Ent...words=lamb+feeding+tube&qid=1724272198&sr=8-2

 

[raisingthelma]

It is good to give the oral drench dose to especially sick chickens. Glad that you found the dosage. Many times chickens will continue to have blood in stools for days. Usually they will perk up with Corid in a day or two, unless they were very sick or have a strain of coccidiosis that is resistant to Corid. Other drugs that may be used with more resistant strains are sulfa antibiotics such as sulfadimethoxine or Albon, bactrim or SMZ TMP, and the drug toltrazuril (Endocox.) Here is a link for Endocox, and
https://jedds.com/products/endocox-powder and sulfadimethoxine:
https://jedds.com/products/medicox-medpet

Thank you so much for your input! I appreciate it!!! I'll buy those back up drugs just in case so that I have them on hand. Thank you for the links. Crossing my fingers that she's starting to look a bit better tomorrow.

Here is a good link on giving oral fluids and medication:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...dications-to-all-poultry-and-waterfowl.73335/

Tube or crop feeding is also something that can be done. Fluid requirements are 15 ml per kilogram (each 2.2 pounds) given 2-3 times a day. Tube feeding sets are available at Amazon here:
https://www.amazon.com/Agri-Pro-Ent...words=lamb+feeding+tube&qid=1724272198&sr=8-2

Is crop feeding like giving them wet food or something? Or just getting them drinking water? I have a few oral syringes from the vet, so I can get started on that with the one chicken who isn't eating or drinking.

Thank you again for the input!

 

[Eggcessive]

You can give some fluids orally down the right side of the back of the throat as the picture in the first link in post 6, with a syringe. For a large volume of fluid or to tube feed mushy liquid food or KayTee baby bird feed for a sick or injured chicken, tube feeding is the best way to do it.

 

[raisingthelma]

You can give some fluids orally down the right side of the back of the throat as the picture in the first link in post 6, with a syringe. For a large volume of fluid or to tube feed mushy liquid food or KayTee baby bird feed for a sick or injured chicken, tube feeding is the best way to do it.

Thank you, that is very helpful!! My chick is doing so much better this evening. The oral drench dose worked pretty quickly. It is a relief! I'll keep all of them on the medicated water for a full 7 days.

Do I stop medicated water after that or do I decrease the dose over time?

 

[Eggcessive]

You can decrease the dosage to 1/2 tsp per gallon for an additional 5 days. See the chart below:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/content/type/61/id/7820903/width/200/height/400