O no Blood in poop what is it ?

[crzychicken]

I just got 20 day old chicks one and I don't know which one seems to have a little blood in the poop is this normal or is there something wrong?

I hope she is fine

 

[Nicola]

a pic can say 1000 words

 

[MysticScorpio82]

Here, check this website out. There are a bunch of chicken poo pictures, and it shows a variety of normal poos and the ones that aren't normal, it says what is wrong. Someone posted this in another BYC thread that was discussing chick poo

I hope this helps you out, and I wish I had advice to give you....I am a newbie who is still waiting on my chicks

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http://www.chat.allotment.org.uk/index.php?topic=17568.0

 

[citygrl74]

Yuck, maybe chicken poop will not go in my garden

 

[firedove]

crzychicken, keep a close eye on them. Sometimes they will have a tiny bit of blood in the poop from straining and bursting a blood vessel. However, if it continues you shuld definitely be concerned. I know the most common problem that causes bloody poo is coccidiosis but that will usually put down a young chick pretty fast.

This is a great reference site as well, it covers all kinds of abnormalities, though it doesn't have all the simpler explanations in some cases, just the major ones.

http://www.msstate.edu/dept/poultry/diagext.htm

It's more geared toward full grown chickens but it is a good reference to have anyways.

 

[MysticScorpio82]

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Another site to add to my chicken reference folder

Very good information on that site

 

[Nicola]

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chook poo straight on a garden will burn the plants u have to compost it for a couple of months for it to be usable

 

[crzychicken]

It was a tiny bit the 1st one almost looked like skin and so far I only have seen 2 dropping and the 2nd one there was a tiny tiny spec of what looked like blood. I didn't take a pic of but if i see some more I will and post it.
Thank you for the web sites there are very interesting and helpful