I found some really bloody droppings under my beloved Ravioli’s spot on the roost this morning. She is a transplant from a neighbor’s flock and joined ours about a year and a half ago, so I am a bit unsure of her age. But I know for certain it’s at least older than 3. If I’m guessing honestly I would say she is going on 5 just based on how long he had he and the story behind her. My point being I don’t think she’d have the strain of coccidiosis that would cause intestinal bleeding, but someone please correct me if I am wrong. I have corid on hand and can start it asap.
At that she is acting fine anyways, ate scratch this morning and is chipper as always. I do know they’re her droppings bc I checked her back end thinking it could be an injury and I saw smear of blood on her feathers and vent and bloody poop, but no injury.
Their diet is just laying pellets, some scratch/BSFL mixed in a few times a week (I know I know, we’re trying to cut back) and lately scraps from the garden like tomato and cucumber bits. But they haven’t had any of those in a few days. Yesterday morning I did mix in the rest of my non fat plain Greek yogurt (about 1/4 of a cup) with a bowl of water and their pellets to make a mash and they ate that for breakfast.
The only other thing I can think to mention is it was really rainy the past two days and they ate a lot of worms after the rain when I let them out.
Their run is on dirt and is partially covered, so it was wet ground, but not muddy. We also live on what I think is an old (think 1920s) dump site and I’ve found shards of broken glass in the alley and on the ground of the lot next door. But never any in our yard. It’s not an impossible thought that there could be any they could’ve found.
Thoughts??
At that she is acting fine anyways, ate scratch this morning and is chipper as always. I do know they’re her droppings bc I checked her back end thinking it could be an injury and I saw smear of blood on her feathers and vent and bloody poop, but no injury.
Their diet is just laying pellets, some scratch/BSFL mixed in a few times a week (I know I know, we’re trying to cut back) and lately scraps from the garden like tomato and cucumber bits. But they haven’t had any of those in a few days. Yesterday morning I did mix in the rest of my non fat plain Greek yogurt (about 1/4 of a cup) with a bowl of water and their pellets to make a mash and they ate that for breakfast.
The only other thing I can think to mention is it was really rainy the past two days and they ate a lot of worms after the rain when I let them out.
Their run is on dirt and is partially covered, so it was wet ground, but not muddy. We also live on what I think is an old (think 1920s) dump site and I’ve found shards of broken glass in the alley and on the ground of the lot next door. But never any in our yard. It’s not an impossible thought that there could be any they could’ve found.
Thoughts??
