Help please!

[andreanar]

New flock of 9-11 week olds. Salmon Faverolle, hanging by itself, sleepy, still eating and drinking just not as energetic as the others. They have been on Corid for 4 days (1&1/2 tsp in a gallon of water) because we lost one chick the first night and another was popping bloody (she's gone, we took her back). Maybe I'm being paranoid, but i feel something is off with her. Should i worm her too, just in case?

 

[Kiki]

Can you take some poop into your nearest vets office for a fecal test to find out exactly what you would need to treat for first?

 

[andreanar]

Can you take some poop into your nearest vets office for a fecal test to find out exactly what you would need to treat for first?

No vet around here deals in that. All poop in coop looks good and normal. I'm not even sure the dead one and the one that was pooping blood was cocci, but i assumed and just started Corid just in case.

 

[Kiki]

My local vet doesn't "do" chickens either BuT he does test poop.

Poopy blood is most likely cocci.

 

[andreanar]

Of course, she's my favorite girl! I hope she's ok and I'm just overreacting!

 

[Kiki]

Giving Corid because you saw blood in the poop is NOT over reacting, it is SMART!

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Hi @andreanar

Can you post some photos of her poop?
Is her crop emptying overnight?
How long has she been like this?

Try to encourage her to drink the Corid water. It's possible it may not be Cocci, but sometimes they do not drink enough when they don't feel well or she may not be getting to the water like she should.

 

[andreanar]

She's been like this for a few days. She drinks and eats. Her crop is emptying fine. I know starting the Corid was the right thing to do, but maybe I'm overreacting and nothing is wrong with her! Ive been watching them like a hawk (Lol) since starting the Corid. Her poop is the normal brown with the white cap on top. No one has any poop that worries me. She just seems off to me. Hangs by herself. She sings a pretty song and drinks a lot of the medicated water.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Her stance and your description is a bit concerning. I don't think you are overreacting and the Corid will not hurt even if she doesn't have Cocci.

It's hard to know what's going on with her. Crop emptying fine, eating and drinking, pooping o.k.....Like you I would keep watch on her, check the crop again at night then first thing in the morning.

Without a fecal float or gram stain test performed by a vet there's no way to know if she has a cocci or worm overload or possibly a bacterial infection.