2 week old chicks - Is this blood in poop? PIC

[eggfooyoung]

Hi all - woke up and found this in the brooder. The chicks who did it are very active and all over the place, eating and drinking without issue. I say that because I found this on top of the MHP and the ones who can jump up there are the biggest and most active of all the chicks. There are three separate poops in this pic - on the bottom, there's just a tiny hint of pink/red on the top/tip. On the top there is more, and it's more like pink in color and definitely stringy. The one in the middle is gel-like in consistency, stringy, and accompanied by what seems like a normal poop. I did not change their food and they have a "tea" of Nutridench in their water, and have had that for the past 5-6 days. Other than that, there are pine shavings in their brooder, the food, the "tea" and nothing else but heat. Is this blood from disease or is this intestinal sloughing? I did have them in a box y'day while I cleaned their brooder and they seemed to be pecking a lot at the pine shavings and a little at the box itself. Help?

 

[Eggcessive]

There is an awfully lot of intestinal shed tissue in that poop. I would stop the NutriDrench in the water, and fo pick up some Corid powder or liquid at your feed store to have just in case. It won't hurt to give them a 5 day treatment, or even 7 day if any look sick during the time. Dosage is 1 12/ tsp of the Corid powder, or 2 tsp of the liquid Corid per gallon of water, changed daily. Or you could wait to see if there are more poops like that, but I would get the Corid just in case you can't get it in an emergency. Make sure they are all drinking well, none are looking lethargic or standing around hunched or puffed up.