If not coccidiosis what could it be? pooing red and goo EVERYDAY, no other symptoms.

[Kiki]

it ate frozen tiny whiting fish just before the poops started (two days before)...not sure if it was that or the feed at the time.(I changed it to medicated feed next day)..maybe it had mold spores as i hear it can irritate gut also. I suspect it the whiting as the one most affected is the one who ate the most, non stop actually. The others still not showing signs of infection in poop or physically though.

What is the exact "medicated" ingredient in your feed?

 

[Kiki]

They free range, but it occurred before i started letting them out to greener pastures. I do have two compost bins in the run, which i've now taken out. And i did see the bird in question checking it out via a hole in the bin...eek. They are strange things these "threads", doing my head in.. they look like worms but not direct evidence...they are all thin and long in consistency, at times looking flat and other times looking round. The head usually seems to have a round tip with a bit of a hook shape but it could be just intestinal lining ...ahhh who knows!

I highly highly doubt these are intestinal lining things.

 

[Kylo_Hen!]

worms

 

[Kylo_Hen!]

i don't think it's worms any more but what ever it is it looks bad are all of the chickens pooping that and i would take your chicken to the vet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

 

[Kiki]

Check this out.
https://www.slideshare.net/DhavalChaudhary7/tape-worm-of-poultry

 

[Kiki]

You need one of these...I'm hoping to get one! fascinated by poo now. Ok thanks Kikisgirls let us know if you find any clues.

Scroll down to the microscopic slides...they may help you.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4328009/

 

[Kiki]

I just found something I think might be a good read.
I am adding it to my list and just want to share:
http://www.fao.org/docrep/018/x0583e/x0583e.pdf

 

[vills]

What is the exact "medicated" ingredient in your feed?

Its a pullet grower crumble has a whole bunch of vit and minerals also that's not listed:
Contains anticoccidial to help prevent coccidiosis.

Ingredients*: Cereal Grains and By-products, Legumes and their By-products, Animal and Vegetable Protein Meals, Fats and Oils, Calcium Carbonate, Di-Calcium Phosphate, Ridley Layer Vitamin and Mineral Premix, Essential Amino Acids & Enzymes, Anticoccidial – Bovatec20CC.

 

[Kiki]

Its a pullet grower crumble has a whole bunch of vit and minerals also that's not listed:
Contains anticoccidial to help prevent coccidiosis.

Ingredients*: Cereal Grains and By-products, Legumes and their By-products, Animal and Vegetable Protein Meals, Fats and Oils, Calcium Carbonate, Di-Calcium Phosphate, Ridley Layer Vitamin and Mineral Premix, Essential Amino Acids & Enzymes, Anticoccidial – Bovatec20CC.

Ok. Thanks.
I don't think you need to buy another bag of this.

 

[coach723]

I agree with @KikisGirls, just my opinion. Bovatec is generally used in cattle feed.
Just so you know, it's toxic to sheep, horses and dogs, and can be fatal to them if ingested. If you have other animals precautions should be taken. For what it's worth, I would try to use a non medicated feed personally, and only medicate birds if they are ill and need it.
https://www.tsln.com/horse-rodeo/bovatec-rumensin-ingestion/