blood in baby chicks stool

[preacherman2]

THANK YOU

 

[preacherman2]

wife took them back and exchanged them for differnt breed from different penn she is bleaching everything befor new chick are put in there pen
thank you guys a lot

 

[sumi]

How long did you have these chicks? Did you just get them? I hope your wife told whoever she took them back to that they are not well and need help a.s.a.p.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

coccidiosis?? are any of the chicks fluffed up?

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Make SURE you use medicated feed and SANITIZE all areas those chicks were in contact with.

http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/2012/12/coccidiosis-what-backyard-chicken.html

 

[Toto]

Hello,

My local vets and feed stores do not carry chick meds. My 2 wk chicks (from the feed store) have bloody stools, but are eating Country Lane 18% chick starter/grower, which has amprolium in it, so I thought they would get over it and improve. I just received 20 chicks from the hatchery, keeping them completely separate, and using good handwashing. The hatchery suggested I get Amprolium and Vitamin A&K supplements for the older chicks. Where can I get this?

 

[ChickensAreSweet]

Hello,

My local vets and feed stores do not carry chick meds. My 2 wk chicks (from the feed store) have bloody stools, but are eating Country Lane 18% chick starter/grower, which has amprolium in it, so I thought they would get over it and improve. I just received 20 chicks from the hatchery, keeping them completely separate, and using good handwashing. The hatchery suggested I get Amprolium and Vitamin A&K supplements for the older chicks. Where can I get this?

Corid is in the cattle section of the feed store. They sell it in liquid and powder. I prefer the liquid. I use the Corid (amprolium) 9.6% solution. I give 9.5 ml per gallon of drinking water for 5-7 days, mixing new solution daily. You should see improvement in 24 hours from my experience. It is a thiamine blocker so it is best not to give vitamins during this time (other than what is in food). I treat all the chickens who have been exposed to the poo.

The feed has such a tiny amount of amprolium that adding more in the water and feeding it too, won't hurt in my opinion. It doesn't stop coccidosis in all cases, it is so tiny.

I hope this helps.

(Sulmet also will treat coccidioisis but only treats a couple of strains from what I have read, so in my opinion corid is better.)

 

[Toto]

THANK YOU.

 

[HeatherEmme]

wife took them back and exchanged them for different breed from different penn she is bleaching everything befor new chick are put in there pen
thank you guys a lot

I sure hope your wife told whomever she took them back to what was going on. Blood in the stool can be indicative of coccidia which is fatal if left untreated.

 

[apolishluck]

Good Morning Everyone.. Since we are on the topic. I just got 3 new little chicks [Americana, English Bantam, and a Cochin] I got them this past Friday evening so ive only had them a couple days. They're first night they had unmedicated feed since there was only a little left in the bag to finish and since i couldnt find the non-medicated brand at the store, i got the medicated last night. Everyone was fine then but this morning i go out and find that my Americana was pooping blood and maybe some stool. The other chicks she was housed with seemed fine though [for now i assume!] After reading about what it could be ill be out there, after i post this, cleaning the cage out. There was quite the puddle when i went out and i had started wiping it up with a rag we had so im sorry if this might not all be viable. There was still a little left in the cage after i got the majority out and thats what the second picture is.

We had fed them some small corn the other day too [just some random veggies we had left over in the fridge] before we got the medicated food [really really glad i got the medicated food]
What do i do now? I have the girl isolated from her companions but now i am worried because i had gotten 4 other chicks the previous weekend [was trying to get them used to each other by being in the same cage only with a divider] and they share the same cage technically and that cage is inside the main coop to keep them dry and out of the rain. Would this little chick end up infecting ALL my chickens!? All the chicks are on the medicated right now...but my Hens just started their egg laying diet. Can someone advise me? This is all new to me.

Ps. This chick is probably about 3 weeks old...