Bloody Stool Please Help!

[hotrod480]

I have 28 chickens and I noticed after changing my wood chips yesterday that there was blood in the new chips this morning. I watched one of my hens poop blood this morning pretty bad. Yesterday they were all fine no blood this morning blood in the stool. Do you think it is cocci. The hen is probably about 9 weeks of age. And none of my other chickens has bloody stool. Which is confusing. The hen that is pooping blood does not act like she is sick. For precaution I went and got some Corid and medicated feed and wormer and separated the hen. Is there anything else I need to do? Please help!

 

[JesBarthel]

Medicated feed and Corrid do not need to be given together because they have the same medicine (amprolium) in them, just in different amounts. I've give all of your birds the corrid just to be on the safe side. If they don't have cocci, it WON'T harm them to have the corrid in their water. Do not give your hen any other vitamins or supplements while on the meds, because it will counteract the way the amprolium works.

Another illness that chicks can get that causes bloody stool is Necrotic Enteritis.

 

[hotrod480]

How do I treat the other illness?

 

[Michael Apple]

If it were bacterial enteritis, your chicks would be acting sickly and eating less. Corid 9.6% liquid is 2 tsp per gallon of water as a treatment. 20% powder is 1/2 tsp per gallon. Do it for at least 5 days. Keep us posted on your chicks' condition each day. There are other treatments for Coccidiosis that may be necessary if the symptoms persist while on the Corid treatment.

Have you used any other preventative for this before they reached 9 weeks of age?

 

[Michael Apple]

How do I treat the other illness?

For the record on bacterial Enteritis, Neomycinpowder and Bacitricin (aka BMD Soluble) mixed together equally in a jar and dosed 1 tsp per gallon of water for 10 days has worked for me when there are too many birds to dose individually. Sulfadimethoxine powder at 1/2 tsp per gallon for 3 days only, not only cures enteritis, but intestinal strains of Coccidiosis that are resistant to Amprolium.

Go with Corid for now. Just keep us updated daily.

 

[JesBarthel]

I'd imagine that cocci is far more likely than NE. I'd look up the full range of symptoms on each and see which fits better. I would definitely get going with the corrid though

 

[hotrod480]

Woke up to more sick hens am I doing something wrong? And do I have to quarenteen I running out of places to put sick birds!

 

[Michael Apple]

Woke up to more sick hens am I doing something wrong? And do I have to quarenteen I running out of places to put sick birds!

I asked a question in post #4 about whether you treated for Coccidiosis prior to 9 weeks of age. Did you? If so with what, and what dosage?

You are performing a flock treatment of Corid at the dosage I recommended in the water, right? You said you have 28 chickens. How many waterers do you have?

 

[hotrod480]

I asked a question in post #4 about whether you treated for Coccidiosis prior to 9 weeks of age. Did you? If so with what, and what dosage?


You are performing a flock treatment of Corid at the dosage I recommended in the water, right? You said you have 28 chickens. How many waterers do you have?

No I did not did not know I needed to I have two waterers both have two gallons with 20 ml of corid. It is the younger chickens only that are sick can I give them anything else to help them?

 

[Michael Apple]

No I did not did not know I needed to I have two waterers both have two gallons with 20 ml of corid. It is the younger chickens only that are sick can I give them anything else to help them?

Just so you know. It is very important to use preventative treatments of Corid in water for chicks between 2-4 weeks of age if they are not given medicated feed. Especially if you live in a warm, humid climate with lots of migratory wild birds in the area. Birds don't have to touch soil to contract it. It can be airborne.

Good on the treated water, as long as the Corid treated water is the only source of water for them and they are all drinking. 1 oz Vitamin K liquid is fast absorbed if given orally. Vitamin K helps coagulate blood. Generally one drop is one milligram of Vitamin K. You could give a couple drops each day to the birds showing blood in stool. Otherwise, the Amprolium in the Corid has to decrease the amount of protozoa in the bird's intestines to stop further damage to the intestinal walls or ceca. You are possibly dealing with Cocci strains called E. Tenella or E. Necatrix. Sulfadimethoxine is very effective against Necatrix, but with the progression of bloody stools, I don't recommend it because it could actually increase blood loss. Poultry Cell dosed orally or mixed in feed can help in addition. Local feed stores sometimes carry it:
http://www.jefferslivestock.com/images/label/0026690.htm

You may lose some birds if the intestinal wall damage is done by the protozoa. But you can still save the others that haven't been overwhelmed. Like I said, keep us posted on the situation each day. Here's some Cocci strain information:
http://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/$department/deptdocs.nsf/all/agdex4616