Help - what is this? (Poop pic sorry)

[bockbock2023]

New pullet (about 12 weeks old) I got a few days ago has done a couple of watery poos and a couple like this: https://ibb.co/hs4FSg5
(It's stretched out/smeared by me trying to get a good look).

Could it just be the stress of a new home and different feed or is it something serious? She seems fine otherwise - eating, drinking, scratching, etc. All other poops have been normal.

Thanks in advance!

 

[DobieLover]

It looks like roundworms to me. I'd go ahead and deworm her. You can use Safeguard liquid goat wormer. The dose is 0.23 ml per pound of body weight.

 

[Razzlefrazzle]

New pullet (about 12 weeks old) I got a few days ago has done a couple of watery poos and a couple like this: https://ibb.co/hs4FSg5
(It's stretched out/smeared by me trying to get a good look).

Could it just be the stress of a new home and different feed or is it something serious? She seems fine otherwise - eating, drinking, scratching, etc. All other poops have been normal.

Thanks in advance!

The red is concerning and makes me think coccidiosis. I would treat with corid to be on the safe side. After full corid treatment (not during) give poultry vitamins or some b complex to replace the thiamine. If the weird poop persists then try deworming.

 

[bockbock2023]

It looks like roundworms to me. I'd go ahead and deworm her. You can use Safeguard liquid goat wormer. The dose is 0.23 ml per pound of body weight.

Thanks. She's supposed to have been wormed and I put apple cider vinegar in the water but I will worm her too. Can I worm and treat for cocci at the same time, to cover all bases?

I did think worms but looking again I wonder if the springiness is actually the dried grass underneath?
Here's a second poo with the same colour but no stringiness...

 

[bockbock2023]

The red is concerning and makes me think coccidiosis. I would treat with corid to be on the safe side. After full corid treatment (not during) give poultry vitamins or some b complex to replace the thiamine. If the weird poop persists then try deworming.

Thanks, I will treat just to be safe. I use medicated feed though - will this be an issue?

 

[Kiki]

New pullet (about 12 weeks old) I got a few days ago has done a couple of watery poos and a couple like this: https://ibb.co/hs4FSg5
(It's stretched out/smeared by me trying to get a good look).

Could it just be the stress of a new home and different feed or is it something serious? She seems fine otherwise - eating, drinking, scratching, etc. All other poops have been normal.

Thanks in advance!

Unfortunately, apple cider vinegar will not prevent or cure a worm issue.
I would deworm everyone.

 

[bockbock2023]

Unfortunately, apple cider vinegar will not prevent or cure a worm issue.
I would deworm everyone.View attachment 3369543

Will do, thanks

 

[Kiki]

Thanks, I will treat just to be safe. I use medicated feed though - will this be an issue?

You just got these birds or this birds so you are not sure if they have been eating medicated feed all along?

Do you have other chickens besides this bird?
Is this bird part of a group of new to you birds?

 

[bockbock2023]

You just got these birds or this birds so you are not sure if they have been eating medicated feed all along?

Do you have other chickens besides this bird?
Is this bird part of a group of new to you birds?

My birds are on medicated, so when I got the new girl I fed her the same as them but she was not on medicated feed previously. The breeder I got the first 3 from said it's a must *shrug* I guess everyone has their different opinions.

 

[Razzlefrazzle]

Thanks, I will treat just to be safe. I use medicated feed though - will this be an issue?

I think all medicated feed uses low doses of amprolium, which is what corid is. I think the amount in the feed is low enough that you don't have to worry about overdosing, but to be safe you could always switch to regular feed while using corid. I also generally stop using medicated feed around two months... that may just be me and I'm not sure if there is preferred length of time to use medicated food.

Can you contact the person you got the pullet from and ask when and with what she was wormed with? Also if she has been vaccinated for anything? Vaccination for coccidiosis isn't a hundred percent and I would still treat with corid but feeding medicated food to a vaccinated chick isn't recommended as the the amprolium can interfere with the virus in the vaccine.