Please help! Mystery sickness

[Chik697]

I have no idea what do do. My egg customers said my eggs smell like petroleum and diesel. They have been pooping blood but no other symptoms. I just cracked some of my eggs now and they seemed fine I’m going to see how they taste. They have been barely laying and it seems to be spreading to all of my chickens. I been desperately trying to contact a vet. My last resort is to cull all of them but some I’m extremely bonded to and some are still chicks. I reasurched everything and still found no answers. I hope when I cut them open I could understand what is going on but I hope it doesn’t have to get to that…
Please if anyone knows what is going on let me know I will greatly appreciate it. Nothing has changed in their care and I have been trying to keep them as clean as possible to hopefully prevent spread. I have been giving them plenty of probiotics and I know that will not heal them they probably need medication.

 

[SandyRiverChick]

Blood usually (but not always,) indicates Coccidiosis. Do you have Corid on hand? It can't hurt to treat them even if it's not the issue. But it is very effective if it is Coccidiosis. Are there other symptoms? Lethargy, puffed up? The dose for Corid is here, including that you should direct does any birds acting sick. https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/corid-oral-drench-instructions.1211991/

 

[Loving my girls]

Yikes ! Pooing blood !

I would stop selling the eggs and start treating the hens, I agree with SandyRiverChick that cocc. Is a sure place to start.

Yikes !

 

[Chik697]

Yikes ! Pooing blood !

I would stop selling the eggs and start treating the hens, I agree with SandyRiverChick that cocc. Is a sure place to start.

Yikes !

I sold the eggs before I noticed the bloody poop, I definitely would not have sold them if I knew my birds weren’t healthy.

 

[Chik697]

Blood usually (but not always,) indicates Coccidiosis. Do you have Corid on hand? It can't hurt to treat them even if it's not the issue. But it is very effective if it is Coccidiosis. Are there other symptoms? Lethargy, puffed up? The dose for Corid is here, including that you should direct does any birds acting sick. https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/corid-oral-drench-instructions.1211991/

Yes I have corid. Can I still eat my birds after treatment? I wanted to process some but definitely wasn’t planning on it now they are too young. One bird started acting lethargic yesterday. No other symptoms besides that.

 

[Chik697]

Also, I have a duck and two turkeys I read online they can’t infect each other because it’s they have different species of coccidia. I have seen nothing from them so I assume they are good? I have chicks I am raising who have been on medicated feed before but have been exposed to my sick chickens. They are not pooping blood or with the flock currently. Do I treat them or only if they start pooping blood?

 

[SandyRiverChick]

Yes I have corid. Can I still eat my birds after treatment? I wanted to process some but definitely wasn’t planning on it now they are too young. One bird started acting lethargic yesterday. No other symptoms besides that.

Yes.

 

[SandyRiverChick]

Also, I have a duck and two turkeys I read online they can’t infect each other because it’s they have different species of coccidia. I have seen nothing from them so I assume they are good? I have chicks I am raising who have been on medicated feed before but have been exposed to my sick chickens. They are not pooping blood or with the flock currently. Do I treat them or only if they start pooping blood?

I would treat the chicks. Don't give anything but corid water and normal feed.

 

[Loving my girls]

I sold the eggs before I noticed the bloody poop, I definitely would not have sold them if I knew my birds weren’t healthy.

Sorry for the over reaction

 

[Chik697]

Update: found a vet an hour and a half away. He examined my two birds which were showing further symptoms. One was extremely underweight and the other recently started acting lethargic. I thought I brought some pretty good samples to see what it could be. After looking at a fecal sample under a microscope he determined they had roundworm but were otherwise healthy. Moral of the story deworm your chickens yearly and save money, time and stress! Just wanted to post this if anyone comes across this post with the same problem.