Can 4 or 5 day old chicks have coccidileosis?

[Athena322]

I just received 30 chicks in the mail yesterday. 1 chick had developed pasty butt, and when I went to clean had diarrhea... Clear diarrhea. With the warm weather (I don't know, if it is the heat, or coccidileosis?) They seem to be eating fine and are active. They were hatched 4 or 5 days, and spent from Tuesday, in shipping.

I did administer one drop off polyvisol (without iron), to help give it a boost from the long trip.

Please advise, as I'm not sure. Thank you,
Colette

 

[U_Stormcrow]

Can they? Yes.

Do they? Based on what you describe, probably not.

Pasty butt is VERY common following shipping stress.

Watery poops - even in adult flocks - are more associated with high heat -I go thru it for months every year with my flock.

Chances of it being coccidiosis are even less if your brooder box is "virgin ground" - a clean enclosure free of dirt you have filled with fresh pine shavings or similar.

If you start seeing loss of appetite, lethargy, bloody poops - particularly if they are exposed to grounds where an existing flock of birds already is, THEN get worried and prophylacticly start your coccidia treatment with CORID or equivalent.

My opinion only. There are several other posters whose knowledge is far superior to mine - if they chime in, I'll comment advising to follow their advice if it differs.

 

[Athena322]

Can they? Yes.

Do they? Based on what you describe, probably not.

Pasty butt is VERY common following shipping stress.

Watery poops - even in adult flocks - are more associated with high heat -I go thru it for months every year with my flock.

Chances of it being coccidiosis are even less if your brooder box is "virgin ground" - a clean enclosure free of dirt you have filled with fresh pine shavings or similar.

If you start seeing loss of appetite, lethargy, bloody poops - particularly if they are exposed to grounds where an existing flock of birds already is, THEN get worried and prophylacticly start your coccidia treatment with CORID or equivalent.

My opinion only. There are several other posters whose knowledge is far superior to mine - if they chime in, I'll comment advising to follow their advice if it differs.

Thank you!!! The coop, is a new structure (literally only a couple months old) with a cement floor, and then a livestock mat over it, with the pine shavings on top. No one in the baby area have been outside, yet. There has been no bloody poo...only clear. I was thinking it was stress as well, but wanted to get another opinion, as I know that coccidia, can go through quickly. They all seem very active and eating.
You have helped put me at ease, and I appreciate that. It has been about 8 years since we had ordered chicks, and don't remember what to look out for. We usually allow a hen to hatch them out, or have gotten them from the feed store.

Again, thank you!
Colette

 

[U_Stormcrow]

Happy I've been able to offer some assistance. Good luck with your new feather friends!

and WELCOME to BYC!