Shirl Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 I bought some 2 day old chicks on Saturday and it looks like i'm losing them to coccidiosis. These were meant to be meat birds so can't treat with medication even if I could get it in time. Their chick crumb has Eimericox in it and I used this with the chicks I hatched myself previously. Is there anything I can do bar ask the OH to cull them all? They were bought in by the person I bought them off so they were hatched Thursday, transported Friday and then transported by me again 24 hours or so later. They are being raised exactly as I did the ones I hatched myself. I'm not sure what else I could have done. I feel awful as though I have killed them with my own hands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shirl Posted November 6, 2012 Author Share Posted November 6, 2012 They are now all dead. The final 2 despatched by OH when it was clear they were too ill to recover. I think it's the last time I buy chicks in. 60 hours from buying them they're all dead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chucknette Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 So sorry to hear that Shirley. I bought four chicks in and they showed signs of cocci of which the vet confirmed. I lost two of them but managed to pull the other two through. Like yourself I felt as if I had killed them but you and i would have done everything possible to help them survive. I too will think twice about buying chicks in again, although the breeder did everything she could to help me. It was an expensive mistake on my part. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 That is such a shame. I'd let the seller know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweety Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 How sad. I'm so sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miller30 Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 Ive purchased chicks and growers before that have got cold and stressed which has resulted in cocci it may not have been anything to do with the breeder the ones that are really bad i have syringed coxoid into them and they have made full recovery leanne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
