Possible Chick with Coccidia

[BarredBuff]

This chick is drooping pretty bad. I have not seen any bloody droppings but I have seen some caramel colored diarhea. Its feather are ruffled compared to everyone else. Do you think she has coccidiosis?

 

[elmo]

About the poo...are you sure what you're seeing isn't just normal cecal poop? If it's not every dropping but only some of them, that's probably what it is. There's a wide range of normal for droppings:

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

The other behavior you describe, the drooping and sitting puffed up, is worrisome. What's your brooder set up like? Have you noticed the chick eating and drinking?

 

[suebee]

I would treat all the chicks with Corrid right away. I use 1 tsp. per quart of water or 1 TBSP. per gallon. They can still have cocci w/out the bloody poop.