Is this BLOODY POOP? 😱🐥😱🐥😱

[KauaiChickenMama]

No, chickens don't generally throw up and doing so can aspirate them very easily, which can lead to pneumonia, wet nares, gaping, coughing etc...

I'd isolate the mom and chick, put down paper towels and monitor their poops for a day at least. If it's coccidia, there will be more.

Ok, so if chickens don’t throw up, then it must have come from the chick’s bum then. Maybe I’ll remove the shavings upstairs and put some paper towels down. Mama will most likely scratch it up though, lol.

So it was most likely not caused by the papaya I gave them yesterday either, right? It has to do with the dirt, correct?

Mama and chick have been isolated in their own space from the beginning, so the others should not be affected. The baby chick is 2 weeks and 4 days old today.

 

[KauaiChickenMama]

Hello... yes that looks like bloody poop. You will want to start corid asap.
**It is 1.5 tsp per gallon H20 for powder form for 5 days. Then drop to 1/3 tsp per gallon for 7 to 14 days.
Then u can start some probiotics for 2 days or so to help build back good bacteria.
I am also dealing with this right now. I will be adding a preventative corid treatment on a set schedule for now on.
**I was told liquid dose is 2 tsp per gallon for 5 days then 1/2 tsp per gallon for 7 to 14 days. These doses are used among my chicken groups!
The lower dose is the preventative dose u would use for preventative dosing. I am not def on how many days but I'm sure you will figure it all out.
I wish you the best of luck. Like I said I am also dealing with this. K

Thank you for your reply! I was able to find the 9.6% liquid solution, yet the dosage was not specific for poultry, so THANK YOU! So...I should but 2 teaspoons of this in a gallon of water and put it in their waterer and refill as necessary over the next 5 days? And this dosage is safe for both the mama and the chick?

 

[KauaiChickenMama]

One of my chicks had bloody poop and acted completely fine. Treated w Corid and within 24 hours poo was back to normal. It doesn’t hurt to treat and I rather be safe than sorry. She never showed any other symptoms except a few bloody droppings thank goodness.

Ok, good to know your chick was acting completely fine as well. Interesting. I haven’t seen any other bloody droppings since this morning, but honestly, because there is dirt on the ground level, it could get mixed in with the dirt and I wouldn’t even know.

I found the little blood puddle about 8 hours ago now, so I’m within the 24 hour period (as far as I know). I’m glad it doesn’t hurt them to treat with Corid as I’m really not familiar with it at all. I just bought the liquid product but still trying to figure out the exact dosage and number of days to treat both mama and baby.

 

[KauaiChickenMama]

I'm not very knowledgeable on this but is it safe to treat both for Coccidiosis at once just to be sure?

Yes, I plan on treating both mama and baby.

 

[KauaiChickenMama]

@Eggcessive
My 2 1/2 week old chick doesn’t have any symptoms outside of what I reported this morning. I’m getting ready to dose her anyway (and mama too) but I wanted to check in with you before I did. Should I start Corid anyway? It IS safe, right? I don’t know much about Corid. Another member suggested a dilution of 9.6% liquid 2 teaspoons in a gallon of water for 5 days and then a more diluted solution after that. Not clear as to what that should be. Can I get your opinion on this? (I do have a probiotic powder for poultry that I can offer the mama and chick after the entire treatment is done.)

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I looked the chick over and found NO remnant of blood anywhere on it’s light colored body, including it’s bottom. It’s acting completely normal, eating and drinking like usual.

Would papaya cause this?? I actually gave the mama and baby some fresh papaya for the first time yesterday from my papaya tree.

So it was most likely not caused by the papaya I gave them yesterday either, right? It has to do with the dirt, correct?

IF that were blood, it's frank and I would expect the chick to be lethargic.
Could be from the Papaya.

It won't hurt Mama and baby to have the Corid so if you've started treatment, finish it.

 

[KauaiChickenMama]

IF that were blood, it's frank and I would expect the chick to be lethargic.
Could be from the Papaya.

It won't hurt Mama and baby to have the Corid so if you've started treatment, finish it.

Thank you so much for your reply, @Wyorp Rock ! They are both acting totally fine! Seeing that little bloody puddle freaked me out, so I went out and purchased the liquid Corid product. I didn’t start it yet as I’m not home yet. Should I? What do you think??

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Thank you so much for your reply, @Wyorp Rock ! They are both acting totally fine! Seeing that little bloody puddle freaked me out, so I went out and purchased the liquid Corid product. I didn’t start it yet as I’m not home yet. Should I? What do you think??

It won't hurt Mama and baby if you do treat them.

Personally, I go by behavior as well as what poop looks like - since you are not home right now, see what droppings look like when you get there.

 

[azygous]

Just got done visiting with Mr. Google. Papaya can cause diarrhea if eaten in large amounts, and the high amounts of beta carotene in it can indeed cause red-orange poop.

Blood is a strange substance. It does this clotting thing very soon after it's spilled that nothing else does. It gets a sort of "skin" on it like cooked pudding gets as it coagulates. Poop doesn't do this as quickly. Blood is also a ruby-red instead of red-orange. Your photo isn't really a decisive color that we can say with certainty it is or isn't blood, so treating with Corid is really the wise thing to do.

Corid is very safe as directed. It merely blocks vitamin B1 which the coccidia require for their life cycle. That's all it does. The dosage is correct at two teaspoon to one gallon of water for five days. Then do another round of the same after one week to get any oocytes that have hatched.

 

[KauaiChickenMama]

It won't hurt Mama and baby if you do treat them.

Personally, I go by behavior as well as what poop looks like - since you are not home right now, see what droppings look like when you

Just got done visiting with Mr. Google. Papaya can cause diarrhea if eaten in large amounts, and the high amounts of beta carotene in it can indeed cause red-orange poop.

Blood is a strange substance. It does this clotting thing very soon after it's spilled that nothing else does. It gets a sort of "skin" on it like cooked pudding gets as it coagulates. Poop doesn't do this as quickly. Blood is also a ruby-red instead of red-orange. Your photo isn't really a decisive color that we can say with certainty it is or isn't blood, so treating with Corid is really the wise thing to do.

Corid is very safe as directed. It merely blocks vitamin B1 which the coccidia require for their life cycle. That's all it does. The dosage is correct at two teaspoon to one gallon of water for five days. Then do another round of the same after one week to get any oocytes that have hatched.

Wow, that’s amazing about the papaya. I just looked at the picture of the “blood”again, and although it looks fairly dark in the picture, I do remember it looking very bright red in person and not orange in any way.

So the proper dose is 5 days of 2 teaspoons of Corid mixed with a gallon of water, and then repeat the same dose for five days after that? So basically I would do the same thing for 10 days straight? It is the same dose for both mama and baby chick?