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Thank you! I was so worried that I was missing something. Everyone is acting normal and no more blood. I was afraid I was about to get hit with something else.

I treated my one year old flock for Cocci last week because we found a lot of blood in the stool of one of our chickens. She passed that night. We treated the whole flock and they have completely stopped laying eggs. We have 5 remaining birds... we got one egg yesterday, and one on Saturday...

I haven't seen any worms in their stool... and believe me I have been looking. Should I deworm them too? Can their systems handle being dewormed AND on corrid? I would hate to do that to them when they are otherwise acting normal.

No. I've been avoiding deworming them because we try to be as natural as possible and it seems like blood is always associated with cocci. We have had a REALLY hard time keeping the coop dry in the last month. It has rained pretty much everyday.

Last Thursday we lost our family favorite chicken to cocci. On Wednesday she was acting lethargic and I found stools with huge gobs of blood (this was the first sign we noticed and we spend a fair amount of time with them). We treated the whole flock with corrid. The next morning she had past...

We don't have a roster... So no babies. I always knew she would be my broody hen. It fits her personality. We thought about getting a roster next year and letting her hatch some eggs. I'm glad to hear it's not something else.

Ok.. This might be a stupid question but I don't want to overlook/ignore something that could hurt my girl... Yesterday morning I went down to check on the chickens because I noticed my Buff Orpington had been in the nesting box for a while. I opened the nesting box and she was sitting in...

I posted this in the egglaying forum but think I may have put it in the wrong forum so I am posting it here too.. I hope that is ok... In June we got out first chickens. They started laying about two months ago. In the last 2 weeks one of the chickens started laying a dull colored (they are...

In June we got out first chickens. They started laying about two months ago. In the last 2 weeks one of the chickens started laying a dull colored (they are all brown layers), thin eggs that had rough texture (hard bumpy pieces on the surface of the shell). Tonight my husband said he noticed...

Oh my gosh! They are so beautiful. What type of Wyandottes are they? I have a gold laced and a silver laced chick. I don't remember seeing one like this on any site.

We just lost a chick from a shipping injury.. and I too am new to chicks, so I'm no expert... but I will say that every time I gave the injured chick the electrolytes she would perk up for a little while. So, that might help with the lethargy.

I will have to post a picture. It looks like you took a picture of my girls. My easter egger is so full and beautiful. She looks just like yours

Final Update: The little chick past away last night. It's kind of a relief. I felt like we were watching her go down hill. She was starting to turn her head around almost backwards and her feathers looked like they were thinning on her wings. If she wasn't only a day old when we got her I would...

So much cuteness! You got your chicks from MPC, right? I think you have some of my girl's sisters. They look exactly alike.

I contacted them about the situation but I didn't even consider that she could have been defective from the start. I have had the culling issue in the back of head the whole time. I feel like if I took that road I will always wonder if I could have saved her. I haven't seen any physical...

I put the crumbles into electrolyte water, making this very watery mush and putting in a dropper and fed it to her that way this morning. She seems to get a lot more that way and is more willing to take it. She will open her mouth for me. She is laying on her side and now she will push...

I'm in Goochland. Between Richmond and Charlottesville

I didn't take a picture. I didn't even think of that. I just wanted to get the chick.. and the smell... out of my house. I was afraid if I didn't immediately get rid of it my son would find it. Not that I think he would understand what it was... it didn't look like a chick. After reading that a...

My friend came over and was baffled as well and she was unhappy with the packing. She thinks the heating pack squished her because it was weighty. Her organs were scattered around her. I was horrified. I thought that they had torn her apart but my friend who is experienced in raising chickens...

Yes. Every time I have a break with the kids I pull her out and dip her beak in water with electrolytes a few times. It ends up being every 2 hours or so. She seems to take water without a problem. How often should I be doing it?