blood in droppings, is this always cocci?

[bibblekit]

My three 9 week olds free range all day in my garden with my other chickens & sleep in a separate coop at night.
This morning when I cleaned their coop I found a poop with red blood in it. This also happened a couple of weeks
ago, just the one time, I kept a close eye on them & decided as they were so well it must be a one-off.
All three youngsters are really healthy, active and eating well, I'm reluctant to confine them for a week without good
reason. My adult hens have had worms in their poop & I have just started treating them for this, could worms
cause this symptom in a young chook? Is there anything else that could cause it?
I have read up quite a bit about coccidiosis & I would presume that by the time their gut started to bleed they would
be quite ill, or at the least off their food. Am I right? Or could it only be cocci?

 

[ChickenLove6]

Is the blood in their poo very 'strong' and visible? This happened to my chickens a while ago but I found out it is sometimes usual for chickens to do this.
Just watch out for them, and if that act at all ill take them away from your other chickens.

 

[bibblekit]

Is the blood in their poo very 'strong' and visible? This happened to my chickens a while ago but I found out it is sometimes usual for chickens to do this.
Just watch out for them, and if that act at all ill take them away from your other chickens.

It was proper fresh red blood, not loads, just a few drops, but not that pinky gel like gut lining that
the other chickens sometimes produce in poops overnight.

 

[Eggcessive]

Sometimes you will sections of orange-red intestinal lining mixed in with regular dropping which is normal. Blood in the stools comes along a few days after they have had coccidiosis it from what I have read.

 

[bibblekit]

No blood this morning & chicks still healthy and active, so a mystery?

 

[kimthom66]

No blood this morning & chicks still healthy and active, so a mystery?

Are your chicks still doing ok? I have had a similar situation, 4 chicks all eating, drinking, & thriving yet I saw blood in one dropping this morning? I had just started them on medicated food a week ago.

 

[bibblekit]

Gosh I'd forgotten about that! Yes the chicks were fine, they didn't get ill, there was no more blood and
they grew up into lovely healthy chooks! So I don't know what caused the blood, perhaps that chick ate a
sharp stone & it scratched him on the way out or something.