Coccidia - Blood Seen in Broder

[kkhoneycutt]

Just saw blood in poop in my youngest chicks brooder. I didn’t think of taking a pic before I cleaned it up but here is what is still left that’s dried on to the brooder plate. No one is acting lethargic and I can’t tell who it’s coming from. I have corid on hand and started it already for them and for the chicks in my other brooder - they have all interacted so I want to be safe.

My question is should I treat my flock that is outside?

 

[nuthatched]

No reason to treat anyone outside.

 

[rosemarythyme]

Given how young those chicks are and the fact that they're inside, and what I can see in the photo, it looks like intestinal lining, not the bloody type of poop you'd see with coccidiosis.

 

[kkhoneycutt]

No reason to treat anyone outside.

Even if a couple just recently just transitioned to the outside coop?

Given how young those chicks are and the fact that they're inside, and what I can see in the photo, it looks like intestinal lining, not the bloody type of poop you'd see with coccidiosis.

I was able to find the culprit. Does this look like cocci? I saw blood and panicked. It’s from my 3/4 week olds.

 

[rosemarythyme]

I was able to find the culprit. Does this look like cocci? I saw blood and panicked. It’s from my 3/4 week olds.

That one is a bit tougher... doesn't look like most intestinal lining poops (if you still have it, you can try teasing it apart and seeing if the reddish bits are kind of a thick, thread-like texture?) but also doesn't look like umm... well, no nice way of putting it: coccidiosis bloody poops look more like menstrual blood smears.

Is this from a bird that's moved out? If so, how long ago did they move outside?

 

[kkhoneycutt]

That one is a bit tougher... doesn't look like most intestinal lining poops (if you still have it, you can try teasing it apart and seeing if the reddish bits are kind of a thick, thread-like texture?) but also doesn't look like umm... well, no nice way of putting it: coccidiosis bloody poops look more like menstrual blood smears.

Is this from a bird that's moved out? If so, how long ago did they move outside?

I think my boyfriend cleaned it up. We put them on top of the cooler lid one by one until they each pooped. These chicks have not gone outside but may have come in contact with ones that have that take day trips to the coop.

 

[rosemarythyme]

These chicks have not gone outside but may have come in contact with ones that have that take day trips to the coop.

Then I still think it's very unlikely to be coccidiosis. But since you have started treatment it does no harm to see it through.

 

[kkhoneycutt]

Then I still think it's very unlikely to be coccidiosis. But since you have started treatment it does no harm to see it through.

Okay that makes me feel better. I just want to do right by them and I know how deadly it can be. Thank you for your responses!

 

[nuthatched]

Even if a couple just recently just transitioned to the outside coop?

I wouldn't worry too much. Coccidiosis, if it's Coccidiosis, is simple to treat and doesn't hurt to treat if they don't have it.

 

[kkhoneycutt]

I wouldn't worry too much. Coccidiosis, if it's Coccidiosis, is simple to treat and doesn't hurt to treat if they don't have it.

Thank you for the reassurance! They are my only 3 isa browns I got and don’t want to lose them.