Help! Bloody poop...not sure which chicken

[Kiki]

I hadn't even thought of that, but would it be better to treat anyway?

I probably would wait and see, knowing that you feed tomatoes just yesterday.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Is the poop still where you can get some and smear it on a white paper towel to get a closer look to see if it's blood or tomato

 

[townchicks]

I hadn't even thought of that, but would it be better to treat anyway?

Mine eat tomatoes, and it doesn't seem to show up in the poop. I think you should treat, especially since you are dealing with the Florence aftermath. All kinds of yuck floating around in the floodwaters. Corid is really safe. Just don't give vitamin supplements at the same time, it negates the effect of the corid.

 

[LittleMissCountry]

Is the poop still where you can get some and smear it on a white paper towel to get a closer look to see if it's blood or tomato

No, I threw it out. I will test it if there is more reddish poop

 

[LittleMissCountry]

I got some Corid, and will watch them today and see how they act. Will it hurt them to give them Corid if they do not have coccidiosis? I don't want to dose them if not needed, but I know they can hide when they are really sick and we have had a lot of rain over the past week.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I got some Corid, and will watch them today and see how they act. Will it hurt them to give them Corid if they do not have coccidiosis? I don't want to dose them if not needed, but I know they can hide when they are really sick and we have had a lot of rain over the past week.

The Corid is safe to use even if they don't have Coccidiosis. It's mild and there is no egg withdrawal.

You are right, they can hide illness. I agree with all the rain, it may be better to go ahead and treat. The poop to me was a bit mucousy as well.

 

[coach723]

It will not hurt them. If in doubt I would treat. Corid is amprolium, which is a thiamine mimic. The coccidia will feed on the corid rather than real thiamine and will starve and die. So it won't hurt anything if it's not coccidia. I never like to treat unless necessary also, but with coccidia, if it is that, the progression can some times be very rapid and waiting in some cases can be fatal. Better safe than sorry.

 

[townchicks]

I got some Corid, and will watch them today and see how they act. Will it hurt them to give them Corid if they do not have coccidiosis? I don't want to dose them if not needed, but I know they can hide when they are really sick and we have had a lot of rain over the past week.

No, it won't hurt them to give it. Corid works by depressing the vit B in the birds system, which is what the coccidia need to survive, so they start dying off. It doesn't kill the coccidia directly, but will reduce the population enough that the birds have the opportunity to build a resistance to the parasite. This resistance is important, because the parasite is always in the environment. There are multiple strains of coccidia, which could be why you are having problems now, if floods brought a new strain to the area that your birds are not used to. Wet weather and muddy ground, also cause them to multiply much faster, so that can cause your birds to get way more in their system than their bodies would normally cope with.

 

[andreanar]

I agree with treating them with Corid. It cant hurt, but can save them. Cocci is nasty and can kill quickly. Sometimes, by the time the chicken shows sickness its pretty sick. As a prey animal, chickens are wired to hide sickness/weakness.

 

[LittleMissCountry]

Okay, thanks everyone! I am going to go treat their water now. We have had several flash floods in the past week. The coop drains really well, but the ground has been wet for almost a week straight. I would rather be safe than sorry.