We are at the county fair. Our cornish x meat birds are pooing almost pure blood. There wasnt any yesterday and now it is almost all bloody. We have removed them from the fairgrounds but I am now worried about the others! Help ASAP.
Blood!!!
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might be cocci.
Get some Corid ASAP! Start treating them NOW. How old? Processing time?
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Ok, got the birds slaughtered today. No cocci. They had 2 "pollups" along the rectum, before the cecum in the rectum area. They were filled with fresh bright red blood and feces. Any ideas? There are 5 out of 9 doing this.
I have no idea- Bump
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Ok here is the complete deal.
~Cornish X hatched in May.
~Fed medicated feed as chicks then switched to Purina Turkey Feed.
~Birds were kept in cages all their lives never on the ground or directly in litter.
~Waterers emptied and refilled daily and food dishes cleaned out, they are naturally dirty birds.
~Were taken to the fairgrounds on Sunday and 4 out of 6 were pooping blood . There was NO feces in the blood. Blood was bright red and fresh in appearance.
~No other birds at home or the fair seem to be affected.
~Combs are all bright red
~Eatting & drinking normally
~No deaths have occured we are on day 6 now
~No lestlessness, no hovering in a corner, no black poo
~Butcher said she has never seen anything like it
I was told it wasnt in the cecum but it appeared there to me.
Any ideas?
~Cornish X hatched in May.
~Fed medicated feed as chicks then switched to Purina Turkey Feed.
~Birds were kept in cages all their lives never on the ground or directly in litter.
~Waterers emptied and refilled daily and food dishes cleaned out, they are naturally dirty birds.
~Were taken to the fairgrounds on Sunday and 4 out of 6 were pooping blood . There was NO feces in the blood. Blood was bright red and fresh in appearance.
~No other birds at home or the fair seem to be affected.
~Combs are all bright red
~Eatting & drinking normally
~No deaths have occured we are on day 6 now
~No lestlessness, no hovering in a corner, no black poo
~Butcher said she has never seen anything like it
I was told it wasnt in the cecum but it appeared there to me.
Any ideas?
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It's a shame you couldn't get him necropsied to rule out one of the neoplastic diseases like LL or marek's. Did all four have polyps? No signs of other neoplasias (tumors) on any parts of the birds when they slaughtered them?
The fresh bright red blood does sound consistent with injury rather than with cecal blood, usually, although it's not ruled out. As the ceca are so close to the opening of the vent, it still could be ceca blood. That could mean a number of things - all of which would include cecal irritation: coccidiosis (less common in older birds), a bacteria disease (but unlikely while droppings are good and solid), pecking (possible considering they were likely reared as most broilers are - in closer conditions than free range).
I'm still wondering about the polyps though - will wait for your answer.
The fresh bright red blood does sound consistent with injury rather than with cecal blood, usually, although it's not ruled out. As the ceca are so close to the opening of the vent, it still could be ceca blood. That could mean a number of things - all of which would include cecal irritation: coccidiosis (less common in older birds), a bacteria disease (but unlikely while droppings are good and solid), pecking (possible considering they were likely reared as most broilers are - in closer conditions than free range).
I'm still wondering about the polyps though - will wait for your answer.
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We know that 3 of the bleeding birds had the "pollups" or impact, appeared to be impacted blood clot and poo. There were no other signs of growths or bleeding anywhere on the birds. There was also no signs of pecking. This is very puzzling. Has anyone ever hear of a bird having ulcers? Might be an option.
Day 6 and still no signs in any exhibition or meat birds.
We know that 3 of the bleeding birds had the "pollups" or impact, appeared to be impacted blood clot and poo. There were no other signs of growths or bleeding anywhere on the birds. There was also no signs of pecking. This is very puzzling. Has anyone ever hear of a bird having ulcers? Might be an option.
Day 6 and still no signs in any exhibition or meat birds.
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