Intestinal lining/coccidia/something else?

[BigMomma24]

Hey everybody! I tend to research most things myself, in here and across the web but this one I'd like to reach out for more opinions.

I have seen a few poops with small blood clots or red liquid in them around the barn. Seeing 1 is alarming enough let alone a few over 2 or 3 days but we also have multiple birds so it may not be that bad. This morning though was a little intense one that now led me to post.

Most of the girls are 5.5 months old and have been laying for a couple of weeks with 2 just coming into lay now. We also have a few other pullets and cockerels that are about 3.5 months but they dont interact with the other girls much and dont believe they are the ones having this issue at all.

Everybody looks, acts, eats, drinks, and chats like they are 110% healthy. Beautiful red combs and wattles, mostly normal poops, regular appetites for food and treats, no weight loss, no lethargy, nothing at all that would make me think they were sick besides these occasional alarming looking stools.

They get fresh food and water daily, ACV in their waterers once a week, dried oregano and thyme and red pepper flakes sprinkled once daily with their scratch treats. They get garlic and fresh veggies and are laying beautiful perfect eggs daily. Vent checks and parasite checks at least weekly. As I said, zero inclination they would have coccidia or any other ailment which leads me to believe it's just intestinal shedding but I'd like some other input. I have Corid on hand and am ready to treat if need be but don't want to do so unnecessarily. They free range outside daily (except the last day and a half when a hawk got stupidly brave and they have been in the barn with enrichment toys to throw him off their schedule).

They are multiple different breeds, all raised together, and the ones I've seen poop were your average solid chicken poop so I'm not sure exactly which one(s) is having these stools.

Picture of this mornings alarming pile and picture of a few girls enjoying their first pumpkin.

 

[azygous]

Fortunately, Corid is a very benign treatment, and we can feel very confident no harm will be done going ahead with it if we suspect coccidiosis. And that amount of ruby red blood in those droppings is certainly reason enough to waste no more time starting the chickens on it. (Intestinal shed is not that color of red. It's an orange color.)

From the amount of blood in the feces, I would also suspect the possibility of enteritis from bleeding in the intestines. If you live in a city with a lot of pet stores, pigeon supply shops, I suggest you locate a sulfa antibiotic to give them, as well. Or you can order it here. https://jedds.com/products/trimethoprin-sulfa-medpet?_pos=1&_sid=83dcb7a2a&_ss=r It can go into the drinking water along with the Corid.

 

[BigMomma24]

Fortunately, Corid is a very benign treatment, and we can feel very confident no harm will be done going ahead with it if we suspect coccidiosis. And that amount of ruby red blood in those droppings is certainly reason enough to waste no more time starting the chickens on it. (Intestinal shed is not that color of red. It's an orange color.)

From the amount of blood in the feces, I would also suspect the possibility of enteritis from bleeding in the intestines. If you live in a city with a lot of pet stores, pigeon supply shops, I suggest you locate a sulfa antibiotic to give them, as well. Or you can order it here. https://jedds.com/products/trimethoprin-sulfa-medpet?_pos=1&_sid=83dcb7a2a&_ss=r It can go into the drinking water along with the Corid.

Thank you for your help and reply I will start them on the Corid asap and look into the sulfa.