Cocci?

I know this is a pretty old thread, but just in case others are using it to help diagnose their birds this year (2013), I thought I'd go ahead and put my two cents in. What the OP describes sounds a lot like a cecal poop. Birds have two kinds of poop. The first are the ones you see a LOT of, that are drier, brownish, and have little smell. The second kind are caramel or dark brown colored, stickier, and runnier. Those are cecal poops and are normal. Just google "cecal poops" or "cecum" for more info.

No need to medicate in this case.
 
Can Cocci be spread to dogs and humans? My dog loves the chicken poop, I I definitely had one chick die of this. I would hate this to spread to my dogs and family.
 
Can Cocci be spread to dogs and humans? My dog loves the chicken poop, I I definitely had one chick die of this. I would hate this to spread to my dogs and family.
I once got a kitten from the humane society that had coccidiosis. I don't know how he got it or if he was even exposed to poultry, but do know that it's in the soil. I'd try to keep the dogs from eating chicken poop, but if they free range, that's going to be impossible. Just keep an eye on the dogs, and practice good hand sanitation. You might check with your vet on this one.
 
There are different species of cocci and they are species specific, meaning what your chickens get is not going to be picked up by your dog and cat and vice versus. Kittens and puppies can pick up cocci from their mother if she has it. Once they recover they are generally immune to what's in their environment so it's not something that should be recurring in your animals unless you have animals that already are sick or have lowered immunity.
 

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