Cocci question

[Emrosenagel]

So I found a regular poop with a tiny amount of red goop on it. So far, that’s it. Other chickens have various kinds of poop from liquidy/mucusy to grassy to normal; I was writing off the liquidy poops because of the extreme heat and humidity. Do you think this is coccidioses? Should I treat or not? So far nobody is acting abnormal.

 

[LaFleche]

Could you provide a clear picture of the poop in question?

How old are your birds?

What are you feeding?

When did you last deworm?

Do they have unlimited access to granite grit?

 

[Emrosenagel]

Could you provide a clear picture of the poop in question?

How old are your birds?

What are you feeding?

When did you last deworm?

Do they have unlimited access to granite grit?

I already tossed the poop, unfortunately. The birds vary from 5 months to 1 1/4 years. They eat purina flock raiser and kalmbach laywr feed. They were wormed 2 weeks ago. And they get grit from foraging when free ranging (it’s very rocky in the yard).

 

[Emrosenagel]

I should also mention they were treated for cocci in April after a fecal float test.

 

[Debbie292d]

Early this spring, we had a couple of 6-week-olds catch it from the adult's dust bath they got into when they were just getting acclimated to the outdoors. Two of 11 had blood in their poop. I treated them for 7 days with the severe dosage of liquid corid. They were never acting sick whatsoever either.

After a couple of days of treating them, I never saw the blood again. When the Corid was done, I gave them vitamin water for a few days to compensate for the thiamine they had lost.

Corid doesn't hurt. I'd do it just in case.

 

[LaFleche]

So you do not know if the questionable dropping came from the younger birds.

In this case you may want to pay them a nightly visit to see where they are roosting and how their droppings look. In the morning you will be able to identify the one with bloody droppings and may treat the bird with a nice Corid drench just in case.

 

[Emrosenagel]

Early this spring, we had a couple of 6-week-olds catch it from the adult's dust bath they got into when they were just getting acclimated to the outdoors. Two of 11 had blood in their poop. I treated them for 7 days with the severe dosage of liquid corid. They were never acting sick whatsoever either.

After a couple of days of treating them, I never saw the blood again. When the Corid was done, I gave them vitamin water for a few days to compensate for the thiamine they had lost.

Corid doesn't hurt. I'd do it just in case.

When you say vitamin water, I assume you don’t mean the beverage, right? You mean vitamins in their water?

 

[Debbie292d]

When you say vitamin water, I assume you don’t mean the beverage, right? You mean vitamins in their water?

Yes. Poultry Cell is what we use for their water.

 

[Emrosenagel]

So you do not know if the questionable dropping came from the younger birds.

In this case you may want to pay them a nightly visit to see where they are roosting and how their droppings look. In the morning you will be able to identify the one with bloody droppings and may treat the bird with a nice Corid drench just in case.

Oh I know it was one of the younger ones. They have a separate run.

 

[LaFleche]

Oh I know it was one of the younger ones. They have a separate run.

So you can just go ahead and treat them all for a few days but make sure not to provide any vitamin supplements containing thiamin during the Corid treatment.