New to chickens ... found bloody stuff in coop

tamiw31

Hatching
7 Years
Jun 4, 2012
5
1
7
Warwick, Rhode Island
I woke this morning to find some bloody urine/stool in my chickens coop. Any suggestions? This is the first time having chickens. I have nine and would really not want to lose them. They are 6 RIR/Whiterock mix 6-7 weeks? and 3 Olive-Eggers about 5 weeks old. I am not sure who the culprit is ... they all seem to be acting happy and fine though. They were all in a little coop/run until last weekend when the huz finally finished the yard run and then they have been in yard run for a week. We made sure the area was clean, not treated and healthy. They have been foraging for bugs and seemed to be enjoying it. Any suggestions would be appreciated! Thanks!
 
I found the same thing yesterday with my RIR/WR. They all seemed to be fine Sat. but yesterday one of the RIR chicks was lethargic and had bloody poo/urine and last night she died.
 
Sounds like Coccidia I would get them on Corid right away. If you can't get that then Sulmet it will work but it's harder on them.
 
Corid I was told was for calves ... and Sulmet was for chickens ... is the parasite species specific or can I use andything that will kill that bacteria. And what if that is NOT it ... will giving them the meds harm them?
 
Corid I was told was for calves ... and Sulmet was for chickens ... is the parasite species specific or can I use andything that will kill that bacteria. And what if that is NOT it ... will giving them the meds harm them?
Get the Corid. Cocci are protozoa, there are 9 types that affect chickens. Corid treats them all, sulmet only treats 2 types of cocci. Dosage for the corid 9.6% liquid solution is 9.5cc's per gallon of water for 5-7 days. Make the 1 gallon mixture and put it in their waterers. It must be their sole source of treated water to drink. Dont add anything else to it. Make it fresh daily.
 

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