Blood in stool (1st time with this 4 me)

[Midnight Maran Momma]

I prefer the one gallon waterers, since if they are over half full at all times, they don’t knock them over by jumping on top. And keep them up to shoulder height of the chicks on boards or bricks. This one is inexpensive and works well:
https://www.landmsupply.com/miller-...MItvfVgZnjhgMVAF1HAR1rUwFvEAQYAyABEgLoDvD_BwE

Thank you! That's similar to the one I picked up, just before seeing your post. Mine has a metal hanger on top, and plastic pokey parts around that, so the birds aren't fighting to see who gets to be up on top.

 

[Midnight Maran Momma]

Yep, treating can't hurt. They're outgrowing the brooder quite fast! That size brooder I'd use for that many for about 1-2 weeks.....

I honestly wasn't anticipating getting the last two chicks (my PBEs), but everything I'd read about them kept making them sound more & more appealing. Then, I took a friend to her first animal swap.. .. and there they were.
If I'd stuck with the six I originally had, their brooder wouldn't be quite so snug, but honestly, the two PBEs are almost the size of One of my Marans.
We've got the wood for the coop, but my husband said we needed to wait until it finished drying. I think we're finally there. It's going to be 4' x 8', with a 12' run along the fence, in this corner of our yard.

 

[Midnight Maran Momma]

If you put waterers up on blocks (I use 2x6 wood blocks, adding more height as they get taller,) they probably won't knock them over. OR the brooder might be to small. I agree, I've never seen an all blood poop before. They are indeed at the age where you could be dealing with coccidiosis but I've never not seen a puffed up lethargic chick that made me certain. Check them out to see if anyone looks puffed up ....

Still more blood found in a few spots in the pine shavings, this morning, but no poo or anything else visible, with it. I cleaned out all the shavings, just in case any possible residue could make someone else sick, but I'm not sure it made a difference by that point.
I saw some on the shoulder of Blondie, so I took her into the bathroom and washed the area. Turned out she was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. She's absolutely fine. She willingly let me love on her after that, though, so that was new & unexpected!

Smudge, however, looks "puffed up", like you said yesterday. She's laying down, eyes closing on & off like she's exhausted. The Bluebells ran over the top of her, so she got up & moved to another area to lay down again. She didn't fuss or anything, like all my girls do when the Bluebells use them as speed bumps.
I believe I've found my sick chick. I'm going to keep an eye on her and hope/pray if she doesn't get better, at least she's not in pain. That worries me more. That, and it spreading.

 

[Eggcessive]

Get her drinking the Corid water as often as possible. Give her the undiluted Corid 1/4 tsp daily as well. Let us know how they get along. I might increase the size of the brooder as soon as possible.

 

[SandyRiverChick]

You should really single dose the sick chick in addition to what you're doing, treating all via the waterer(s). Hopefully you have a little syringe. She seems quite sick... I've accidentally put it to the test and you can't overdose Corid (I gave a 2. instead of .2, whoops!)
It will really help. And make sure that you're not giving anything extra like vitamins. Just water and feed.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/corid-oral-drench-instructions.1211991/

 

[Midnight Maran Momma]

Get her drinking the Corid water as often as possible. Give her the undiluted Corid 1/4 tsp daily as well. Let us know how they get along. I might increase the size of the brooder as soon as possible.

The chicks are all on (low dose) medicated chick feed, and have been since I first got them. I've got 2 tsp of Corid in their water (although between all eight of them, they're barely drinking half of it each day). Are you saying give her 1/4 tsp In Addition to those?
Also, I'm not supposed to be giving them anything else besides their food & the medicated water, correct? No treats/veggies?

 

[Midnight Maran Momma]

If I'm changing out their water once a day (because my darling little idiots keep pooping in it), and they don't drink but half a gallon a day, is it okay to give them 1/2 gallon in the morning with one tsp of Corid, & the other 1/2 gallon with the other tsp of Corid in the late afternoon?

 

[Midnight Maran Momma]

Going to find a syringe, today, to give it to Smudge orally, as well.

 

[Eggcessive]

Yes, the undiluted Corid is in addition to the medicated water for any that are especially sick. You can make smaller amounts of Corid water at the same strength. 1/2 tsp per quart or liter, etc.

 

[Midnight Maran Momma]

On the upside, we were able to confirm that it has been the one bird (Smudge) that the blood was coming from. Also, there's been no more blood in the brooder since yesterday morning. That's a good thing, right?
I'm cleaning all visible droppings out of their brooder 2-3 X a day, just to be on the safer side, as well as replacing their water (once in the morning, & once in the early afternoon).