Cocci?

[PoultryGirly]

Hi. I ordered 16 chicks from Meyer Hatchery and they arrived on 5/23/13. 10 chicks died so I only have 6 left. At oldest the chicks are 8 days old and at youngest they are 7 days old. I've noticed that there are a few little sneezes between these 6 chicks, but it didn't really worry me. I've also noticed that in one or two chicks you can hear a clicking if you hold them up to your ear (like a heartbeat or something). And just now I saw a fresh poop with pinkish-orangish colored stuff in it with that part tinted red. They have been drinking water with the orange electrolytes in it and have been eating non-medicated chick starter. Since I noticed this poop I just gave them medicated chick starter. The chicks act ABSOLUTELY fine (eating like hogs, drinking normally, scratching their food around, trying to fly, jumping on each other, etc). Do you think it's cocci? Should I put Sulmet in their water?

ETA: the poop isn't runny. It's firm like it should be.

 

[PoultryGirly]

Anyone? Also, I need advice on the clicking noises.

 

[ChickensAreSweet]

http://chat.allotment.org/index.php?topic=17568.0

This should help you decide. The shed intestinal lining looks to me kind of mushy whereas the bloody poo is unmistakable from my experience. Go with your gut feeling.

The sneezes can be from environmental causes (dust)...the clicking I have not seen before.

 

[PoultryGirly]

I'm pretty sure it isn't cocci beacuse the "red" color wasn't bright at all or fluidy. It was light pinkish and looked like normal poo besides the color. I hope the chick with the clicking sound is okay. She acts perfectly normal otherwise and is very active.

 

[PoultryGirly]

I'll keep checking for the clicking sounds daily. Hopefully it's nothing serious.