Do my chicks have parasites?

[HaileyAndHerSillyQuails]

Okkkkkkk… so I was letting the chicks into their run this morning before school and I went to put their water into the run and in it I saw some bloody poop! I moved the water around until I could see the poop clearly and it looked dried and a little bloody and then I saw it split in half! And what made me freak out was that in between the two pieces of chicken coop and looked like it was connected by long skinny worms!!!!!!! They looked dead so I wonder if the chicks moved it out of their system but I have a feeling I should definitely get them started on dewormer!!!! I didn’t get a picture of the poop/blood/parasites because I dumped them on to grass right away but I was wondering what dewormer I should put them on and if I should deep clean their waterer?
Thank you guys!!!!

 

[Eggcessive]

How old are your chicks? Sometimes stringy strands of bloody mucus or intestinal shed can resemble worms. Without pictures, it would be hard to tell. If you chicks are 6 weeks old, they could be wormed. But coccidiosis would be something that can cause bloody poops. Valbazen wormer can be given at 0.08 ml per pound given orally to each chick once and again after 10 days to get new hatched worms. Note that 0.08 ml is less than 1/10th of an ml, so you need a needle-less 1 ml syringe which you can ask for at most pharmacies, to give that.

Safeguard 0.25 ml per pound of weight is also a good wormer. Use it once and again in 10 days for roundworms only. Use it orally for 5 straight days to get all of the worms that Valbazen treats (round, cecal, gape, and capillary worms.)

Coccidiosis is a disease that strikes young chicks under 12 weeks old, and Corid from your feed store can treat that. Dosage is 10 ml (2 tsp) per gallon of water for 5-7 days as the only source of water. Change it daily.

 

[HaileyAndHerSillyQuails]

How old are your chicks? Sometimes stringy strands of bloody mucus or intestinal shed can resemble worms. Without pictures, it would be hard to tell. If you chicks are 6 weeks old, they could be wormed. But coccidiosis would be something that can cause bloody poops. Valbazen wormer can be given at 0.08 ml per pound given orally to each chick once and again after 10 days to get new hatched worms. Note that 0.08 ml is less than 1/10th of an ml, so you need a needle-less 1 ml syringe which you can ask for at most pharmacies, to give that.

Safeguard 0.25 ml per pound of weight is also a good wormer. Use it once and again in 10 days for roundworms only. Use it orally for 5 straight days to get all of the worms that Valbazen treats (round, cecal, gape, and capillary worms.)

Coccidiosis is a disease that strikes young chicks under 12 weeks old, and Corid from your feed store can treat that. Dosage is 10 ml (2 tsp) per gallon of water for 5-7 days as the only source of water. Change it daily.

Three are about 6 weeks and one is about 7 weeks. I don’t know if it is coccidiosis because this is the first time I say bloody poop but I’ll do whatever I need to do to make sure they are healthy! Should I give them dewormer and corid? Are there any other symptoms of coccidiosis?

 

[Eggcessive]

Symptoms of coccidiosis are lethargic or sleepy behavior, standing hunched or puffed up, diarrhea, sometimes blood in droppings, and not eating. They may then stop drinking, and become weak, and deteriorate.

I would go ahead and treat for possible coccidiosis with Corid. There is no harm in treating all of them. MKe sure they drink it. Hold off on worming them. Have they been outside on grass or dirt?

 

[dawg53]

I echo what Eggcessive stated: You are dealing with coccidiosis, a protozoa that can be deadly to chicks if not treated with Corid. Corid can be found in the cattle section at a feed store. Dont delay treatment!