Bloody poop in chicken who started laying when it was 17 weeks

[Firsttimehens1234]

Has anyone else tried where their chicken who started to lay regularly when it was very young lay poop with a very little bit of blood in it?

 

[LateBirdFarms]

Are we talking a little smear? Right after laying or just randomly when she poops? There can be some tearing with the first egg or two, so it's not uncommon to see a blood smear on an egg. You could be seeing intestinal lining shed, which sometimes does appear bloody, but it could also be coccidiosis, which would require medication. Could you possibly try to grab a picture of the poop in question? Poop pictures really aren't all that uncommon around here.

Eta:
Here's a list with pictures to compare with
https://the-chicken-chick.com/whats-scoop-on-chicken-poop-digestive/

And a pretty good write up from the forums articles
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/chicken-poop-all-there-is-to-know.77547/

 

[Firsttimehens1234]

Are we talking a little smear? Right after laying or just randomly when she poops? There can be some tearing with the first egg or two, so it's not uncommon to see a blood smear on an egg. You could be seeing intestinal lining shed, which sometimes does appear bloody, but it could also be coccidiosis, which would require medication. Could you possibly try to grab a picture of the poop in question? Poop pictures really aren't all that uncommon around here.

Eta:
Here's a list with pictures to compare with
https://the-chicken-chick.com/whats-scoop-on-chicken-poop-digestive/

And a pretty good write up from the forums articles
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/chicken-poop-all-there-is-to-know.77547/

There isn’t any poop on the egg it self,but in the morning I just noticed a tiny bit of blood,I will send you a picture of it when I get home

 

[LateBirdFarms]

There isn’t any poop on the egg it self,but in the morning I just noticed a tiny bit of blood,I will send you a picture of it when I get home

Great! A picture will make it much easier to help figure out what your dealing with!

 

[Firsttimehens1234]

Great! A picture will make it much easier to help figure out what your dealing with!

Here is the poop pic,as you can see it’s really not much but still a little bit,the hen is still eating and drinking fine.

 

[LateBirdFarms]

I'm thinking that looks a lot like intestinal shed, as long as its not every poop. That's not every poop is it? How often does she drop these? Every poop? Once a day?

Maybe someone will hop in with a second opinion. Let me wrack my brain on which members to tag that might be an expert on the topic.

 

[Firsttimehens1234]

I'm thinking that looks a lot like intestinal shed, as long as its not every poop. That's not every poop is it? How often does she drop these? Every poop? Once a day?

Maybe someone will hop in with a second opinion. Let me wrack my brain on which members to tag that might be an expert on the topic.

I think she lays mabye every morning or almost every morning,when she came she did pop a blood vessel bc of stress but that should be fixed by now

 

[LateBirdFarms]

I think she lays mabye every morning or almost every morning,when she came she did pop a blood vessel bc of stress but that should be fixed by now

Does she just have this kind of poop right after she lays then? Or does every poop she has look like that?

 

[Firsttimehens1234]

Does she just have this kind of poop right after she lays then? Or does every poop she has look like that?

I think it’s before she lays,when I get to their coop around 6:30 am there is normally one of those poops,but only one and when I check later in the day it pretty much just that one poop she lays in the morning there is blood in I think