Bloody Poop

[Wehavechickens]

Hi, I have had chickens my whole life but they’ve always been kept in a coop/run. Now we have acreage so our current group gets to free range. They are about 4 months old and yesterday it looked like a murder scene in the coop, lots of bloody poop. None of the chickens are injured and I wasn’t able to tell which chicken was having bloody poop. This morning I was able to figure out which chicken it was as it was mostly isolated under one chickens roost area. From reading threads in here I am fairly certain it’s coccidiosis. I got amprolium and put it in their water last night but I am now second guessing myself since it looks like only one chicken is experiencing the bloody poop. We have no chicken vets around here. I attached a picture of what it looked like this morning and am hoping someone can maybe confirm that it does look like coccidiosis. Thank you in advance!

 

[GodLovesU]

@Wyorp Rock

 

[OrpingtonManiac]

@Eggcessive

 

[coach723]

That is a lot of blood, can't tell if it's poop or not for sure, but appears to be. If you think it is in droppings, then definitely treat. Amprolium is very safe, it won't hurt anything, and it's common practice to treat all of them kept together as they have all been exposed. Otherwise you could find your self in a situation where just as one is recovering another starts with symptoms, and so on. It is better safe than sorry, since some strains can kill quickly. I lost two this summer, about the same age, to coccidiosis.
The other usual cause of blood in the coop is an injury to comb or wattles, where even a small cut can bleed a lot. Once it stops it can be hard to find those injuries and they may look like just a tiny black spot, they scab and heal pretty fast. The way yours is pooled and splattered, I suspect that it is droppings.
If they were mine, I would absolutely be treating for coccidiosis.
Are you using Corid? What dose? Just want to make sure you have dosing correct, there are some posts with incorrect dosing.
If you aren't sure, check here:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...ol-ampromed-the-correct-amprolium-dose.73341/

You can also give an oral dose to any that you know are having symptoms, to help get the meds in quicker, instructions and dosing for that are here:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/corid-oral-drench-instructions.1211991/

 

[Wehavechickens]

That is a lot of blood, can't tell if it's poop or not for sure, but appears to be. If you think it is in droppings, then definitely treat. Amprolium is very safe, it won't hurt anything, and it's common practice to treat all of them kept together as they have all been exposed. Otherwise you could find your self in a situation where just as one is recovering another starts with symptoms, and so on. It is better safe than sorry, since some strains can kill quickly. I lost two this summer, about the same age, to coccidiosis.
The other usual cause of blood in the coop is an injury to comb or wattles, where even a small cut can bleed a lot. Once it stops it can be hard to find those injuries and they may look like just a tiny black spot, they scab and heal pretty fast. The way yours is pooled and splattered, I suspect that it is droppings.
If they were mine, I would absolutely be treating for coccidiosis.
Are you using Corid? What dose? Just want to make sure you have dosing correct, there are some posts with incorrect dosing.
If you aren't sure, check here:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...ol-ampromed-the-correct-amprolium-dose.73341/

You can also give an oral dose to any that you know are having symptoms, to help get the meds in quicker, instructions and dosing for that are here:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/corid-oral-drench-instructions.1211991/

Thank you for replying! It is droppings, there were some on the floor of the coop that were more obvious droppings but I didn’t have a picture of those.

I got Corid and put 2tsp in a gallon of water. I think I will also give an oral dose to the hen with the bloody droppings because she is all puffed up and not looking well at all.

Thank you again for the advice.

 

[coach723]

That is correct for the liquid Corid. Make it fresh daily and treat for 5 -7 days. If she's not drinking well on her own (sometimes they don't when they don't feel well) then also give her some of the medicated water mixture orally several times a day, to get it in her.
Hope she starts to feel better.

 

[Eggcessive]

You have very good advice from @coach723

 

[dawg53]

This past summer I went through the same thing with a pullet. It was verified by an official necropsy sent to a lab in Texas. It was definitely coccidiosis.
When there is that much blood in feces, it's too late to treat it. I threw everything at the pullet; Corid, Sulfadimethoxine, SMZ-TMP, Toltrazuril all to no avail.
I caved in and took the bird and feces samples to the vet and he agreed that it was coccidiosis and was verified under the microscope. I wanted to be sure there wasnt anything else involved and that's when I had the bird sent off and necropsied. It cost me a pretty penny but it was verified coccidiosis and no other diseases.

My birds are penned. I shut down the pen where the pullet stayed and commenced deep cleanup and decontamination.