Bloody poop! Plz Help!

[tinytina]

Omg, I am so worried. I think my of my baby might be pooping blood! I am a first time chicken owner and I am so lost and worried right now.

My babies are around 4 weeks old (I got them two weeks ago). They all seem healthy and active and eating lots but I woke up to see this this morning:

I have been reading the forum and it looks like it's either:
1. Coccidiosis
2. Shed lining of their intestinal wall

Personally, I am leaning towards #2 but I could be wrong. The closest feed store is 2 hours away from me and if I need to get medicines for my baby, I should head out soon.

The bloodiness does look like a single occurrence, I just went out to check on the birds again and I see mostly normal dropping. Though I notice one bird napping.

Any help would be appreciated! Thank you soo much in advance.

 

[tinytina]

So I decided that it's just the lining and didn't end up going to the feed store for meds…

They all seem fine and still active today and I haven't found any more poop that looks like that.

sigh. little things about these babies that just makes me sooo worried all the time. i am sure worrying about chickens could be my full time job.

 

[easttxchick]

Hopefully that is all it was. They can sure worry the hide off of you can't they? And yes, worrying about them IS a full time job.
Good for you for paying close enough attention to notice that something could be wrong!
Just in case, though, having some cocci medicine on hand is not a bad idea-after losing one of my babies to it on a Sunday night(when everything was closed) I went and got some the next day and am NEVER without Corid.

 

[tinytina]

That's a good idea! Thanks easttxchick! I'll pick some up asap. It's better to be safe than sorry.