alexischickens
In the Brooder
- Mar 6, 2025
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Alright I’m gonna try to make this short but I want to give the most details I can.
We have had staggered hatches so some chickens were born 2 weeks ago, we cleaned out the incubator, and then set it up again for the new chicks. In the 2nd round (4 eggs), one chick hatches on day 21. Chick is healthy (still is) and we move it to the brooder. Day 22 we have another hatchling. He seems healthy, albeit he’s taking longer to dry off than the first. I notice there’s little puddles of like reddish mucus around the incubator. I’ll try to get a picture, even though it’s dried up now. This hatchling still has its umbilical cord stump, so I thought that might be it, but I haven’t seen any new poop in the incubator, just the reddish stuff. SO, the internet has me all freaked out it has coccidiosis, but Google tells me they can’t be born with coccidiosis, they have to be infected. But none of the other chicks are sick or leaving this red stuff. It’s important to note that I don’t see any new red stuff, just some dried from yesterday (he was born yesterday). I also checked his butt and don’t see any red stuff, just his umbilical cord stump. As a precaution I haven’t moved it to the brooder but I feel bad it’s all alone in the incubator. So what do you guys think it is??
We have had staggered hatches so some chickens were born 2 weeks ago, we cleaned out the incubator, and then set it up again for the new chicks. In the 2nd round (4 eggs), one chick hatches on day 21. Chick is healthy (still is) and we move it to the brooder. Day 22 we have another hatchling. He seems healthy, albeit he’s taking longer to dry off than the first. I notice there’s little puddles of like reddish mucus around the incubator. I’ll try to get a picture, even though it’s dried up now. This hatchling still has its umbilical cord stump, so I thought that might be it, but I haven’t seen any new poop in the incubator, just the reddish stuff. SO, the internet has me all freaked out it has coccidiosis, but Google tells me they can’t be born with coccidiosis, they have to be infected. But none of the other chicks are sick or leaving this red stuff. It’s important to note that I don’t see any new red stuff, just some dried from yesterday (he was born yesterday). I also checked his butt and don’t see any red stuff, just his umbilical cord stump. As a precaution I haven’t moved it to the brooder but I feel bad it’s all alone in the incubator. So what do you guys think it is??
