Medical Emergency Chickens Dying

I suddenly found one chicken dead and another nearly dead in the morning. They were all fine the day before. Three more do not look good at all and one looks like it will not make it through the day. I spent the entire morning researching the cause of it and then looking for medicine.

My chickens got what is called Coccidiosis or Cocci for short. This is a bacterial infection where the bacteria eat the intestinal lining. This prevents the chickens from absorbing nutrients and they die. Or they bleed out.

They generally have about 4 days to live after infection.

I ran around all over the place looking for a solution. I found Corid online and went looking for it at the local stores. I had no time for a mail order.

My little baby Bantams were dying and I wanted to save them.

A friend Reese told me to go back to TSC and buy it in the horse section so I went back and found it for cows but it is the same stuff. Just a larger bag and more expensive.

I got home and sanitized the chickens food and water containers plus the little Bantams cage. I put them back in the house. They had been living outside for two weeks now with no problem. But they needed urgent care right now.

I put them upstairs in a clean container and turned on the heat in my tiny house on wheels to keep them warm.

One little chick was cold to the touch and weak. Its feathers were dragging and its eyes were closed. Two more looked very bad. I feared it was too late.

Reese also told me to put some sugar in the water. I figured this is a good idea to give them some energy. It worked. I put the weakest of the chick's face in the water and it drank a bit. I did this once per hour and it got stronger. After three hours it was warm to the touch again and stronger.

The medicine was also in the water and it sure works fast. By evening you would never know they had been sick.

By the next day they were all perfectly normal healthy chicks again.

I had treated the entire flock as well. Some of the younger Silkies had the symptoms but not as bad.

I did later lose a Silkie though but I think it was killed by something else due to a weakened state.

This bacteria thrives in wet conditions. There is nothing really that you can do but to keep things dry. Keep things clean. And keep Corid on hand for emergencies.

All my chickens are doing well now.

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