bloody poop

[chickenlover47]

Thank you that is a lot of help!

 

[chickenlover47]

Is the blood always or most in the poop once they have this? What does this do to humans eating the eggs?

 

[Lady of McCamley]

Is the blood always or most in the poop once they have this? What does this do to humans eating the eggs?

From my understanding, the protozoan overgrowth is restricted to the gut, therefore does not pass into the eggs. Also the coccidia are species specific, meaning what affects a dog won't affect a chicken, or a turkey, etc. I can't immediately put my hands on confirming medical opinion, but nothing I've read in the poultry literature states this is contagious to humans...and my understanding is that it is not.

However, I would not choose to eat eggs from a sick bird as bacterial overgrowth is common with any illness, but especially with Coccidiosis as it disrupts the gut flora...which can cause an overgrowth of e-Coli or Salmonella in their digestive tract that can influence the egg quality. For the reason of risk of such infection, many of us chose to wash our eggs or eat only clean eggs from clean nest boxes.

However, if you are concerned about eggs already consumed, I wouldn't worry if you are showing no ill effects. Your chicken coccidiosis won't infect you, and cooking kills bacteria, so if your eggs were properly cooked, you should be fine. I just would not eat any more eggs until I was certain the birds are healthy as why risk an e-Coli infection?

Again...I am not certain you actually have a coccidiosis situation....your droppings could be normal lining shed (see the photos in the link below)...I'm not there to see what your concern is, so you'll have to make the call.

Here is another really clear article on cause, diagnosis and treatment:
http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/2012/12/coccidiosis-what-backyard-chicken.html

Hopefully all is well, or soon will be well, with your flock.
Lady of McCamley

 

[chickenlover47]

Thank you. I read the article and I watched the video it is very insightful. But I just wanted to make sure cause I already consumed some eggs and I can just see my husband being very upset at that at me for eat these eggs himself. Since I haven't had the means to take them to the vet before consuming the eggs. I would never hear the end of that.

 

[Lady of McCamley]

Thank you. I read the article and I watched the video it is very insightful. But I just wanted to make sure cause I already consumed some eggs and I can just see my husband being very upset at that at me for eat these eggs himself. Since I haven't had the means to take them to the vet before consuming the eggs. I would never hear the end of that.

One thing to remember, while not impossible, it is improbable to have a Coccidiosis outbreak if you are having freezing temperatures as the protozoa oocyts are killed by freezing temps, very dry conditions, and high temperatures.

So warm, wet environments will cause them to potentially grow.

Keep your coop clean and dry, and don't cross contaminate with soil from other chicken owners.

LofMc

 

[chickenlover47]

Well I bought the meds on Amazon now and will have to wait till Tuesday for it to come. But do they keep pooping blood if they have this problem. I haven't seen anymore blood poop and I think it happened over night anyhow.

 

[Lady of McCamley]

Well I bought the meds on Amazon now and will have to wait till Tuesday for it to come. But do they keep pooping blood if they have this problem. I haven't seen anymore blood poop and I think it happened over night anyhow.

If they have acute Coccidiosis, they would continue to poop bloody diarrhea and appear ill.

UNLESS, they simply throw off a mild overgrowth themselves.

If you remember how Coccidiiosis works, you don't want to kill all the coccida but preferably keep the load very low in the environment and the birds and then help support the immune systems of the birds so they gain an immunity to it. So, it is possible, if it was Coccidiosis at all (and not simple normal shedding of the gut lining) that they threw off the mild infestation.

If it were normal shedding of the gut lining, you probably won't see much of it...that happens periodically but not predominantly.

I would definitely follow good protocol for prevention, and if in doubt, use the meds...or keep them on the shelf in case ANY evidence presents again.

LofMc