Can baby chicks have worms? (Picture)

[ColoBecky]

My week old bantam chicks look like they have worms in their poop. Don't know what to do!

 

[samsr]

deleted because of unrelated content. Sorry

 

[Ashdoes]

Where did you get them?

 

[ColoBecky]

Where did you get them?

A feed store, Murdoch's.

 

[casportpony]

Looks more like blood/coccidiosis to me. Can you get some Corid? Do any of their poops look normal?

 

[ColoBecky]

I don't see any blood at this point, but I guess I need to try to track down a vet who will see chickens tomorrow.

 

[casportpony]

If your chicks are eating chick starter and nothing else, and *all* of the poop looks like the poop in your picture, those poops are abnormal.

 

[dawg53]

Looks more like blood/coccidiosis to me. Can you get some Corid? Do any of their poops look normal?

Agreed. It's definitely not worms. Cocci can cause this in young chicks. Treat them with corid as mentioned by Casportpony.

 

[delisha]

First..most week old chicks do not get cocci unless you have a bad case with the rest of your birds. Cocci has a distinct odor. It is really unpleasant. Than you will see blood in poop. I do not see blood in this poop at all. That looks like normal internal sluff off from a new chick starting to process larger amounts of solid foods. Not quite solid and not quite liquid and not quite fully processed.

If your chick is in a clean environment with no contact with adult dropping, the chances of cocci is remote. If the chick is acting normal, eating normal, drinking normal. I would add a tablespoon of apple cider vinegar to your electrolytes in your 1/2 gallon of water and offer that for liquid.

You can give your chick a natural resistance to cocci just like a mom does and introduce a small amount to the chick. Some do it by bringing a handful of litter from the coop into the brooder weekly. Other dig a plug of grass from the run and put that in the brooder. Good luck with your chick!!

 

[dawg53]

First..most week old chicks do not get cocci unless you have a bad case with the rest of your birds. Cocci has a distinct odor. It is really unpleasant. Than you will see blood in poop. I do not see blood in this poop at all. That looks like normal internal sluff off from a new chick starting to process larger amounts of solid foods. Not quite solid and not quite liquid and not quite fully processed.

If your chick is in a clean environment with no contact with adult dropping, the chances of cocci is remote. If the chick is acting normal, eating normal, drinking normal. I would add a tablespoon of apple cider vinegar to your electrolytes in your 1/2 gallon of water and offer that for liquid.

You can give your chick a natural resistance to cocci just like a mom does and introduce a small amount to the chick. Some do it by bringing a handful of litter from the coop into the brooder weekly. Other dig a plug of grass from the run and put that in the brooder. Good luck with your chick!!

There are 9 types of cocci, only 2 or 3 types cause blood in feces. Cocci can cause shed intestinal lining....as in this instance.