Reddish poop in brooder, possible coccidiosis?

[SweetPoultry]

Hello everyone, I'm have just bought a few baby chickens from the store and I'm worried one of them might be sick. Here is the information.
1) What type of bird , age and weight (does the chicken seem or feel lighter or thinner than the others.)
It's a baby chicken, black feathers, 2 weeks old. I don't know the weight, as I don't have a scale, but it seems the same as the others.
2) What is the behavior, exactly.
It's sleepy all the time, and stays away from the others
3) How long has the bird been exhibiting symptoms?
I just bought them today, so not sure
4) Are other birds exhibiting the same symptoms?
Not that I noticed.
5) Is there any bleeding, injury, broken bones or other sign of trauma.
A dropping is watery and reddish in color.
6) What happened, if anything that you know of, that may have caused the situation.
I suspect it might be coccidiosis
7) What has the bird been eating and drinking, if at all.
Starter food and water, but less than the others.
8) How does the poop look? Normal? Bloody? Runny? etc.
It's runny and reddish brown.
9) What has been the treatment you have administered so far?
I just noticed, so I separated her from the others
10 ) What is your intent as far as treatment? For example, do you want to treat completely yourself, or do you need help in stabilizing the bird til you can get to a vet?
I want to know what I can do to prevent the spread to the others if possible.
11) If you have a picture of the wound or condition, please post it. It may help.

12) Describe the housing/bedding in use
Cardboard box, paper towels.

Thank you in advance.

 

[DobieLover]

Hello everyone, I'm have just bought a few baby chickens from the store and I'm worried one of them might be sick. Here is the information.
1) What type of bird , age and weight (does the chicken seem or feel lighter or thinner than the others.)
It's a baby chicken, black feathers, 2 weeks old. I don't know the weight, as I don't have a scale, but it seems the same as the others.
2) What is the behavior, exactly.
It's sleepy all the time, and stays away from the others
3) How long has the bird been exhibiting symptoms?
I just bought them today, so not sure
4) Are other birds exhibiting the same symptoms?
Not that I noticed.
5) Is there any bleeding, injury, broken bones or other sign of trauma.
A dropping is watery and reddish in color.
6) What happened, if anything that you know of, that may have caused the situation.
I suspect it might be coccidiosis
7) What has the bird been eating and drinking, if at all.
Starter food and water, but less than the others.
8) How does the poop look? Normal? Bloody? Runny? etc.
It's runny and reddish brown.
9) What has been the treatment you have administered so far?
I just noticed, so I separated her from the others
10 ) What is your intent as far as treatment? For example, do you want to treat completely yourself, or do you need help in stabilizing the bird til you can get to a vet?
I want to know what I can do to prevent the spread to the others if possible.
11) If you have a picture of the wound or condition, please post it. It may help.
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12) Describe the housing/bedding in use
Cardboard box, paper towels.

Thank you in advance.

It won't hurt to start them on Corid water.
I would begin by cleaning the brooder. I personally would not separate her from the brood.
I'd put one drop of full strength Corid on the edge of her beak and let it wick in and she'll drink it. I'd do that three times a day for 5 days in addition the the entire brood having only Corid water to drink.
The dose is 2 tsp of 9.6% Corid per gallon of water as their sole source of drinking water.

I would make a baby bottle and teach them to drink from it as it will keep the brooder much drier and their water clean.

I bought a pack of vertical chicken nipples from a local farm store, an old sports bottle with a flip top drinking port (for a vent) for $0.50 at a thrift shop and installed the nipple in the bottom of the bottle. Make sure it doesn't leak then suspend it from a chain and bring each chick to the nipple and touch their beak to it. They pick it up very fast. Don't remove their old waterer until you see them drinking from the new one.

After they've been drinking the 2 tsp/gallon Corid water for 1 week, make up a new solution at 1 tsp/gallon and give them this for another week.

Do not give any supplemental vitamins until they are finished with the Corid treatment as any niacin in the supplement will negate the effectiveness of the Corid.

 

[SweetPoultry]

It won't hurt to start them on Corid water.
I would begin by cleaning the brooder. I personally would not separate her from the brood.
I'd put one drop of full strength Corid on the edge of her beak and let it wick in and she'll drink it. I'd do that three times a day for 5 days in addition the the entire brood having only Corid water to drink.
The dose is 2 tsp of 9.6% Corid per gallon of water as their sole source of drinking water.

I would make a baby bottle and teach them to drink from it as it will keep the brooder much drier and their water clean.
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I bought a pack of vertical chicken nipples from a local farm store, an old sports bottle with a flip top drinking port (for a vent) for $0.50 at a thrift shop and installed the nipple in the bottom of the bottle. Make sure it doesn't leak then suspend it from a chain and bring each chick to the nipple and touch their beak to it. They pick it up very fast. Don't remove their old waterer until you see them drinking from the new one.

After they've been drinking the 2 tsp/gallon Corid water for 1 week, make up a new solution at 1 tsp/gallon and give them this for another week.

Do not give any supplemental vitamins until they are finished with the Corid treatment as any niacin in the supplement will negate the effectiveness of the Corid.

Thank you for your answer, I went out in the morning looking for chicken nipples but I think they're not in use here because none of the stores had it, however the veterinarian also recommended Corid, the only place I found chicken nipples for sale was online, and in a stack of 10

 

[DobieLover]

Thank you for your answer, I went out in the morning looking for chicken nipples but I think they're not in use here because none of the stores had it, however the veterinarian also recommended Corid, the only place I found chicken nipples for sale was online, and in a stack of 10

Do you have a TSC near you?

 

[SweetPoultry]

Do you have a TSC near you?

Sadly no, I don't think there are any where I live.