Cocci??

[Aoife123]

Hey everyone. I Bought some pullets a couple of day ago. When putting them up on the roost last night I noticed that one was very very thin. She is a legbar x cuckoo maran and is fairly small.

I noticed her earlier that day drinking a lotbof water( it was fairly warm out) then spitting water up when she went to eat her pellets.
I had put it down to drinking too much water.

The other pullet is a bit on the thin side aswell but not as bad.

Both pullets and eating and drinking well and perfectly active. No signs of illness.

I have noticed that the skinny pullets crop feels a bit full and doughy. There is no impaction and its not full of fluid.

I saw some concerning poop under the roosts where I had put them up the night before (pic attached).

Do you think this looks like cocci?

I have separated the 2 pullets in a separate run and started them on coxoid. Hopefully that sorts them out. If not I'm going to worm the 2 pullets.

I don't know much about the pullets prior to buying them except for they were in outdoor runs and he kept over 100 birds. I wouldn't say they have ever been wormed or treated for cocci. I'm not sure what they were fed or how much. They might just have been under fed but the poop definatley doesn't look right.

Any thoughts?

Thanks

 

[Debbie292d]

I would definitely continue the treatment for coccidiosis.

How old are they? Since you said they were perching, I presume a few weeks old.

I'd try make them a dish of wet chick crumbles, like a mash out of them. Our birds young and old really like that. That'll help get some more nourishment into them, as would some added vitamins after you're done treating them. We use mostly Poultry Cell here, like every other day for a week or two until they seem healthier, then just once a week after that. Don't start any vitamin regimens until after the coccidiosis treatment is done, though.