Red stuff in poo in 12 week old pullet

[Aussie-Chookmum]

I have four hens and added a Easter egger pullet to my flock, from the same breeder the rest of my girls come from, two and a half weeks ago. Four or five days after getting her she had red in her droppings but otherwise seemed OK. I spoke to my "Chicken guy" who thought she may have picked up coccidiosis and I have been treating the whole flock with "Amprolium20" in their water for the past week. I wormed the whole flock a couple of days after getting her.

She only had that one episode of red in the droppings until I found this this morning

The stuff looks more like semi dried tomatoes than blood.

Any idea what it is and what it might signify? She has no visible injury that I could see and appears to be eating and drinking. She is around 12-13 weeks old now.

 

[ChickNanny13]

It does look like some dried tomatoes, have you fed them anything red? Do they free range and probably ate something? I thought possible intestinal lining but it's too "red". I would do another dosing for everyone with Corid, just to be safe.

@dawg53 @casportpony

 

[Aussie-Chookmum]

It does look like some dried tomatoes, have you fed them anything red? Do they free range and probably ate something? I thought possible intestinal lining but it's too "red". I would do another dosing for everyone with Corid, just to be safe.

@dawg53 @casportpony

They are ranging in their run which is quite large.

I haven't given them anything red to eat

They are still on the Amprolium (Which, according to Google, is what is in Corid, so it's the same thing I guess?) and will be finishing the course in 7 days.

 

[dawg53]

It's shed intestinal lining. Is your EE eating and drinking normally? If so, continue with full course of amprolium and then let us know if she is still excreting red droppings.
BTW, what wormer did you use?

 

[Aussie-Chookmum]

It's shed intestinal lining. Is your EE eating and drinking normally? If so, continue with full course of amprolium and then let us know if she is still excreting red droppings.
BTW, what wormer did you use?

The wormer was Piperazine

 

[ChickNanny13]

Thank you @dawg53

 

[Aussie-Chookmum]

I forgot to thank you for your reply @dawg53 Thank you.

She had a little in her poop this morning and she is still eating and drinking. Could stress from being moved from her original flock to mine be contributing to the shed lining do you think?

 

[MaryJanet]

Hi @Aussie-Chookmum how is she going? All good now?

 

[Aussie-Chookmum]

Thank for asking MJ.

She seems fine and I haven't seen any more red in the poop for a week or so.

Everyone is moving around and eating and drinking well as far as I can see, so hopefully the crisis has passed!