Quail with bloody poo

[taladiadium]

We bought 6 Quails at an auction yesterday, 5 hens and one cock. When we got up this morning we saw that some of the droppings seemed very runny and red. I have been searching on the internet to try and find out what could be causing this, but can't seem to find anything. Can anybody offer soom enlightenment and/or advice please.

 

[Kittymomma]

Depending on their age they might have cocci, or you may just be seeing the normal cecal poo that birds do once a day or so. Check out this link and see if anything looks familiar--It's all chicken, but you'll still get the idea of what cocci and cecal poo looks like.

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


Also, what are you feeding them? It could just be from the stress of auction and moving to a new place too.

 

[taladiadium]

We are feeding them quail feed we got from our local supplier, think its mainly chick crumbs and millett. Thanks for the advice. I will keep an eye on it and hopefully it is the stress option and will calm down today.