Blood in my Chicken's Poop

[danielle2003]

Is it necessary to repeat the treatment a week later? I am actually trying to sell them, because we may be moving out of state soon. In a week or so, we are visiting that state and I am hoping I can sell them before that.

 

[BlindLemonChicken]

Is it necessary to repeat the treatment a week later? I am actually trying to sell them, because we may be moving out of state soon. In a week or so, we are visiting that state and I am hoping I can sell them before that.

Well...it would be pretty unethical to sell sick birds. So you could give the Corid to the new owners and tell them how to treat it but moving them to new soil might expose them to another strain they also have no resistance to and make them sick all over again. Ideally they shouldn't be sold until they are completely healthy again.

 

[danielle2003]

Well...it would be pretty unethical to sell sick birds. So you could give the Corid to the new owners and tell them how to treat it but moving them to new soil might expose them to another strain they also have no resistance to and make them sick all over again. Ideally they shouldn't be sold until they are completely healthy again.

I'm not sure if its Coccidiosis though. The picture I took was this morning, and I put Corid in their water this afternoon, and recently today, I checked their droppings, and there was no blood in it. So, they may not be sick?

 

[BlindLemonChicken]

Coccidiosis doesn't mean they poop blood with every poop-ive had a chicken poop what looked like solid blood then later not. You can do the full treatment and wait a week and see what their poop looks like. If you don't get rid of it they could go to their new home and get sicker especially with all the stress of being moved. This could leave them open to some new infection at the new place and that might kill them. Someone might have other ideas for you

 

[coach723]

You treat for 5 - 7 days with the dose given before. If they are slow to recover then you can do a second 5-7 days at a lower dose (1/3 tsp of the powder per gallon of water). It very much depends on the strain they have and how much damage is done to the digestive tract. I usually have only had to do the first 5-7 days at the full dose with the strain(s) I've dealt with. The decision should be based on how the birds are. Whatever strain(s) they are exposed to, they should be resistant to those in the future. New strains could make them sick (new strains can be brought in with new birds or if birds are moved to new ground). Corid is very safe, if in doubt I would treat. The Corid kills the coccidia present, it does not provide protection for future exposure. If you sell the birds I would just tell them that they've just been treated for coccidiosis, and tell them what to do if they see symptoms, assuming that they don't already know how to treat and what to watch for. Coccidiosis is very common in chicks and young birds.

 

[danielle2003]

Well...it would be pretty unethical to sell sick birds. So you could give the Corid to the new owners and tell them how to treat it but moving them to new soil might expose them to another strain they also have no resistance to and make them sick all over again. Ideally they shouldn't be sold until they are completely healthy again.

Absolutely! I would not sell them if they were sick. I did not mean to imply that. I will definitely make sure they are healthy before giving them to someone else.

 

[danielle2003]

By the way (I know this is a dumb question), but how do you pronounce coccidiosis? I can type it out, but I still don't know how to say it properly!

 

[BlindLemonChicken]

I can't do it either lol

 

[Wyorp Rock]

 

[danielle2003]

Thank you!