Blood spotted in poop

[abbly2]

I was walking the yard and saw blood in one of my chickens poop. Which is a red flag. What do i need to do before my flock starys having issued

 

[BlindLemonChicken]

How old are they? How long have you had them? Any new chickens added lately?

You can start them all on Corid. It needs to be their only water source for the week they’re being treated. Dose is 1.5 tsps powder per gallon of water made fresh daily. If they have a coccidiosis problem this should take care of it. There is a dosage chart on here somewhere I can try to find

 

[BlindLemonChicken]

 

[abbly2]

How old are they? How long have you had them? Any new chickens added lately?

You can start them all on Corid. It needs to be their only water source for the week they’re being treated. Dose is 1.5 tsps powder per gallon of water made fresh daily. If they have a coccidiosis problem this should take care of it. There is a dosage chart on here somewhere I can try to find

They are 3 years- a couple weeks
Only new ones are the babies a hen hatched.

 

[abbly2]

They are 3 years- a couple weeks
Only new ones are the babies a hen hatched.

We have had them all since

 

[BlindLemonChicken]

Coccidiosis pretty unlikely then unless it is from the chicks…but even then. Do you have a picture of the poo? Could it be intestinal shed?

 

[Eggcessive]

Worms can also cause blood in the droppings. Worming with fenbendazole 10% SafeGuard Liquid Goat Wormer 1/4 ml (0.23 ml) per pound of weight for 5 consecutive days is the treatment for most worms in chickens.

 

[abbly2]

Coccidiosis pretty unlikely then unless it is from the chicks…but even then. Do you have a picture of the poo? Could it be intestinal shed?

 

[abbly2]

This a picture of it

 

[coach723]

This is going to sound gross, but can you get some of that dropping and smear it on a white paper towel or white piece of paper? Not at all sure from that picture that it is blood. Sometimes due to lighting and reflections what you see may not look the same in a picture. Is that the only dropping like that? It looks like a cecal dropping, and the color and consistency of those can vary a lot depending on what they are eating. If you are seeing more of those droppings, then worming might be a good idea. Are they outside, and are they eating anything different, something blooming or fruiting that they have found?