Intestinal lining shed or something worse??? Now with Pic.

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JerseyHen

JerseyHen

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I have 8, 1 week old, chicks that have been doing wonderfully well. Today I noticed some red (looked like a bit of blood) in two of the poops.
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I am not sure which, but none of them look lethargic or ruffled or sick in any way and all are actively scratching and trying to fly. Is is cocci? or intestinal lining? It looked more like the shed intestinal lining on the poop page, but I thought I would ask anyway. They are on medicated feed and have been vaccinated for Marek's. They have had a few treats (mainly whatever bugs make their way into the brooder). I am currently watching to see who is the maker of the red poo, but I am not sure what to do with them once I find out (sequester, I suppose). I have 25 chicks coming in a day or two, so I really need some advice (I only have one brooder, but it can be split, but I am not sure how "apart" they need to be kept). Thanks!
 
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Ok, so I have identified the peep with the suspect poo. It is not as bad as the first, and it definately looks more like pink tissue than red blood now. Good appetite and activity, so maybe I can breathe again. I will try to get a pic, but I am not sure if it will come out or not.
 
Do chicks that young get prolapses? Would she treat it like a prolapse in an older chicken.......gently push it back in, maybe use some hemorrhoid cream??
 
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All of their vents look ok, nothing sticking out on any of them. Today they are still running around, eating, and playing. There have been a couple of other instances of red poo, but they have all looked pretty much like this. Do all chickens shed lining at some point? Why does it happen?

Most importantly though, how will I know if this turns into something like cocci? I understand that just about all adult birds have immunity to this, which must mean that they all get (or get exposed to it) it at some point (like we get chickenpox, I suppose), some live, some die... the problem I have is that I have 25 other birds coming this weekend. I don't want them to get exposed before they have some immune system development so they at least have a fighting chance. I am planning on keeping the new birds in the new and unused 1/2 of the brooder, but they will only be a cardboard sheet away and I won't be able to keep them separated forever. Any advice for a newbie? This is very frustrating, not how I wanted to start out with my first flock.
 
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All of their vents look ok, nothing sticking out on any of them. Today they are still running around, eating, and playing. There have been a couple of other instances of red poo, but they have all looked pretty much like this. Do all chickens shed lining at some point? Why does it happen?

Most importantly though, how will I know if this turns into something like cocci? I understand that just about all adult birds have immunity to this, which must mean that they all get (or get exposed to it) it at some point (like we get chickenpox, I suppose), some live, some die... the problem I have is that I have 25 other birds coming this weekend. I don't want them to get exposed before they have some immune system development so they at least have a fighting chance. I am planning on keeping the new birds in the new and unused 1/2 of the brooder, but they will only be a cardboard sheet away and I won't be able to keep them separated forever. Any advice for a newbie? This is very frustrating, not how I wanted to start out with my first flock.

The signs of cocci that I have seen are:
lethargic
won't eat or drink
feathers fluffed up, huddled in a corner
closes eyes a lot
may or may not have bloody poo

Medicated feed and whether they are in a brooder and have never seen the ground matter not in terms of absolutely preventing it.
 

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