Pullet pooping blood

[Elbs]

I just introduced my pullets to my hens. SOMEONE pooped blood. But if course... I don't know which one.
I've read it's likely coccidiosis, but they seem too old for that.
The pen is quite dry, the pullets are 4-5 months already.
Of course, if I go to the feed store tomorrow to treat the flock, I'm also worried about my laying hens: when could we eat the eggs?
I'll try to determine the poop culprit as it's likely not my older hens.
But, can it be something else??
How can you tell?
Thanks.

 

[casportpony]

I just introduced my pullets to my hens. SOMEONE pooped blood. But if course... I don't know which one.
I've read it's likely coccidiosis, but they seem too old for that.
The pen is quite dry, the pullets are 4-5 months already.
Of course, if I go to the feed store tomorrow to treat the flock, I'm also worried about my laying hens: when could we eat the eggs?
I'll try to determine the poop culprit as it's likely not my older hens.
But, can it be something else??
How can you tell?
Thanks.

They are never too old for coccidiosis, but it could also be worms or something else.

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

If you can, post a picture of the bloody poop, or any other poop that isn't well formed with a white cap.

-Kathy

 

[Elbs]

For the life of me, it won't let me upload the photo.
But it's very tiny poop, like some of the smallest I've seen. I'll try the photo again later....

 

[casportpony]

For the life of me, it won't let me upload the photo.
But it's very tiny poop, like some of the smallest I've seen. I'll try the photo again later....

You can email the picture to me and I'll post it for you, my email address is my BYC username @gmail.com.

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

Coccidiosis can cause the intestine to swell, then only small bits of poop come out, it's almost like an obstruction.

-Kathy

 

[Eggcessive]

When you go to the feed store tomorrow you should get some Amprol (Corid) just to have if you choose to treat for coccidiosis. Sometimes normal droppings can appear to be blood (kind of looks like a piece of tomato in there,) but it is normal intestinal lining. If they have blood in their stools, they need to be treatedfor 5-7 days. Click on this link to see normal and abnormal drohttp://chat.allotment.org/index.php?topic=17568.0ppings:

 

[casportpony]

When you go to the feed store tomorrow you should get some Amprol (Corid) just to have if you choose to treat for coccidiosis. Sometimes normal droppings can appear to be blood (kind of looks like a piece of tomato in there,) but it is normal intestinal lining. If they have blood in their stools, they need to be treatedfor 5-7 days. Click on this link to see normal and abnormal drohttp://chat.allotment.org/index.php?topic=17568.0ppings:

That page ticks me off! I have never seen intestinal lining in a young bird that didn't also have a coccidiosis and/or a bacterial infection. In older birds, I've treated for worms and then no more red. How can that site be trusted, really? Unless necropsies were performed on all birds, one has no way to tell for sure if those poop labels are accurate.

That link has probably caused the deaths of many birds, IMNSHO.

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

This picture is labeled "normal", yet I had three that were pooping like this and they died, so I sent their bodies off to UC Davis and all three died from coccidiosis.You still think it's normal?

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

A rooster that I'm I have inside was pooping these:

But the red went away after he was de-wormed with fenbendazole, and his comb went from pale to bright red, so again, I would not call those normal.

-Kathy