Repeat coccidiosis? Something else? I need advice.

[MtnMomTog]

Hello everyone. This is my first post, sorry for it to be this subject but I am just concerned I'm doing something wrong or maybe I'm missing something.

Between November 5th and 10th I lost two chickens. One hen and one rooster. The hen was very sudden, I found her laying in the coop one morning, then I isolated her, tried to get her to eat but she never got back up and passed away that night. The rooster started two days later being very slow, lethargic, puffed up, diarrhea etc. I did not know to get Corid or anything like that at that moment but I did isolate him, tried to get him to eat, drink etc. He had what I assumed was a heart attack and passed that night from the stress. He was very thin, which obviously took some time to happen but he hid it very well. I noticed my other rooster was being slow and then I got a hold of him and he was thin, he also had diarrhea.

That next morning after lots of research I was at a local feed store buying tortrizuril and a dewormer. I treated the whole flock. I stripped the coop. I even sprayed everything with Permethrin just in case it was something like mites/lice/etc. I never saw bugs on anyone but I was just being safe. After the tortrizuril treatment was done, I gave them all Nutri-drench for several days.


Everyone started doing great. Until Monday 11/25. I noticed pink in one of their poops. I thought it was a shed of the intestinal lining, until it happened again Tuesday and Wednesday morning, I was able to identify one of the hens doing it but I know another was as well and I couldn't figure out who it was. Anyway I started them all of Corid 2tsp a gallon on Wednesday 11/27. I even started the chickens that are in quarantine on it just in case. Other than the bloody poop, everyone is acting completely normal, eating, drinking and do not act or look sick.


But today, there was more blood and I know by the area under the roosts at least three of them are producing bloody stool now. Is there something else I should be doing? How can I clean the coop to actually look the bacteria?

We have 12 chickens all together, but two sets are at least 100ft away in quarantine because they are new or little chicks. The 6 in the main coop are the ones that are having trouble. 5 hens 1 rooster. They are on Kalmbach full plume. The one hen who has started laying has continued to lay no change. They have a 7'x7' Rubbermaid shed as a coop that has an automatic door going into a 10x10 run. When everyone is healthy we let them free range for a while everyday as well. The water bowl in the picture is not their usual waterer, it's just easiest to change and add Corid to everyday right now. The grey hen top left is the one I know for sure has been pooping blood the longest.

Thank you all for any advice you can give!!

 

[Eggcessive]

Sorry for your loss. How old are the chickens? Are you using the maximum Corid dosage of 2 tsp of the liquid to a gallon of water? Do you have a local vet who might let you bring in a combined sample of droppings for a fecal float? They can rule out worms and coccidia. Call ahead and ask first. In the US, most state vets will perform a necropsy and testing to find a cause of death, if you keep a body frozen. Here is a list of state vets to contact:
https://www.metzerfarms.com/poultry...7IOlHOhP-eD8qMtZ70RNq6BMO9kVUn3x6so7q0Z_JgEr8

 

[MtnMomTog]

Sorry for your loss. How old are the chickens? Are you using the maximum Corid dosage of 2 tsp of the liquid to a gallon of water? Do you have a local vet who might let you bring in a combined sample of droppings for a fecal float? They can rule out worms and coccidia. Call ahead and ask first. In the US, most state vets will perform a necropsy and testing to find a cause of death, if you keep a body frozen. Here is a list of state vets to contact:
https://www.metzerfarms.com/poultry...7IOlHOhP-eD8qMtZ70RNq6BMO9kVUn3x6so7q0Z_JgEr8

Yes I do have them on the maximum dose.

Sorry I tried to include everything but I forgot the ages. They are all between 8-10 months old.

There is a vet locally that I think would do the fecal sample. I will have to call them Monday.

Thank you so much! Hopefully I will not have any more deaths, but I will look into the necropsy ahead of time just in case.

 

[Eggcessive]

Make sure that your bedding is as clean and dry as possible. Raking pine shavings and removal of droppings, preventing water spills, and raising feeders and waterers to shoulder height can prevent them from reinfecting themselves. Wet, muddy conditions in warm weather makes coccidiosis more common. Older pullets should have started developing resistance to coccidia in their environment. If you lose one, and cannot get your state vet to do a necropsy, a home necropsy may help to diagnosis it. Here is a good link with pictures of what coccidiosis does to organs:
https://www.thepoultrysite.com/publications/diseases-of-poultry/206/coccidiosis

 

[MtnMomTog]

Make sure that your bedding is as clean and dry as possible. Raking pine shavings and removal of droppings, preventing water spills, and raising feeders and waterers to shoulder height can prevent them from reinfecting themselves. Wet, muddy conditions in warm weather makes coccidiosis more common. Older pullets should have started developing resistance to coccidia in their environment. If you lose one, and cannot get your state vet to do a necropsy, a home necropsy may help to diagnosis it. Here is a good link with pictures of what coccidiosis does to organs:
https://www.thepoultrysite.com/publications/diseases-of-poultry/206/coccidiosis

Thank you! I do my best to keep it dry and when I find wet areas I clean them out then I put the horse bedding pellets there to absorb any additional moisture.

Their food and water stay outside in the run and I would say it is at about shoulder height.

There is still blood in some of their poop today, but there is less of it. I don't see worms, so should I just continue to treat it as coccidiosis until I can possibly get another answer? Or should I try deworming as well?

Everyone is still acting normal, eating, drinking etc. I haven't let them free range since I noticed the blood last Monday. We do only have one hen who has started laying, but I just assumed that had to do with them maturing at the same time the days shortened and it got colder outside.

Thank you all again for taking the time to read my long post and trying to help!