Help - is this blood in droppings?

[Brienna]

I just noticed an abnormal dropping, should I be worried? my chickens eat only their feed and sometimes watermelon (but they haven't ate any watermelon today, nor yesterday)

is this blood?

please help

 

[Sammykins]

Could just be a funny coloured cecal poop. Probably nothing to worry about

 

[Brienna]

Could just be a funny coloured cecal poop. Probably nothing to worry about

I hope so.. If its just a one time thing i shouldn't worry? Ive read a lot about cocci... If it does reoccur, should i treat them for cocci?

 

[Brienna]

this has got me worried...after a few normal poops since the abnormal poop, I have now found another one:

it does seem more brownish on the picture but it is more red..

 

[cafarmgirl]

How old are these birds? Any other symptoms? Chicks/chickens that are brewing a case of coccidiosis generally will stand around, hunched up and puffed up and not wanting to eat/drink much or at all.

However, if you are concerned it never hurts to run a course of Corid. When it comes to coccidiosis my rule is "If in doubt, rule it out" by doing the treatment, it certainly does no harm and it's always better to be safe then sorry.

 

[Brienna]

How old are these birds? Any other symptoms? Chicks/chickens that are brewing a case of coccidiosis generally will stand around, hunched up and puffed up and not wanting to eat/drink much or at all.

However, if you are concerned it never hurts to run a course of Corid. When it comes to coccidiosis my rule is "If in doubt, rule it out" by doing the treatment, it certainly does no harm and it's always better to be safe then sorry.

They are around 14 weeks old... and they all seem to be perfectly fine aside from the weird poop. So I can give Corid even is cocci isn't confirmed? it won't harm the birds?

 

[cafarmgirl]

They are around 14 weeks old... and they all seem to be perfectly fine aside from the weird poop. So I can give Corid even is cocci isn't confirmed? it won't harm the birds?

At that age I would go ahead and treat, to be on the safe side if nothing else. No, it won't do any harm to treat even if they aren't brewing a case of coccidiosis. Corid (amprolium) works by starving the cocci protozoa of thiamin so it can't reproduce and overwhelm the birds.

Edited to add: I'm not necessarily leaning towards coccidiosis based on the poop pic's, but...I am also not there in person and sometimes it's hard to tell from a picture so I would never suggest not to treat based on that alone. I would hate to tell you it just looks like something they ate, which it may be, only to have them prove you and me both wrong in a day or so. Again, better safe then sorry.

 

[Brienna]

At that age I would go ahead and treat, to be on the safe side if nothing else. No, it won't do any harm to treat even if they aren't brewing a case of coccidiosis. Corid (amprolium) works by starving the cocci protozoa of thiamin so it can't reproduce and overwhelm the birds.

Edited to add: I'm not necessarily leaning towards coccidiosis based on the poop pic's, but...I am also not there in person and sometimes it's hard to tell from a picture so I would never suggest not to treat based on that alone. I would hate to tell you it just looks like something they ate, which it may be, only to have them prove you and me both wrong in a day or so. Again, better safe then sorry.

Thanks for your help!

 

[Brienna]

sorry for all the posts but I'm getting really worried:


They don't always poop abnormal poops, I noticed some seem fine but then noticed this one. I'm having a hard time finding corid, everything is closed now and on sundays not much is open either.

what can I do??
does this look like cocci poop?

my birds are acting as usual..