Severe bloody stools... unsure if it's Coccidia or something else.

[TheBajan]

I am thinking everything we have discussed points to Corid treatment. Can you arrange oral administration for any birds that aren't drinking?

I don't think I can instruct my husband in that. I'm not even sure how I would do that myself. Right now, everyone is eating, drinking, and behaving normal. Were it not for the blood, I wouldn't know anything was wrong. I will say this, on Monday when the Isbars were 7 days old, one of them died. I got it it quickly enough to hold it and give it some comfort for about five minutes before it passed. I didn't suspect coccidia due to the way I found it. It was laying on it's back unable to turn over and thrashing around with labored breathiing. I suspect it was injured somehow but I don't know how. Any thoughts? I posted about it hoping someone could help figure it out.

 

[Chuckkeeper]

Some of these I hatched myself.... 14 of the 19 little ones in the brooder I hatched myself but the eggs came from eBay. With my remaining birds, about half of them were purchased live from Greenfire Farms. The oldest pullets I purchased from a local swap (7 of them) and the remaining 14 chicks I hatched with eggs from Omega Hills.

Several incoming possible sources. For now I would definitely operate a closed flock.

In the future I'd think about worming (properly, and medicinally), inc for gapeworm, i.e. flubenvet/flubendazole rather than herbal.

That said, I'd only be worried about worms after a full Corid treatment on the basis that coccid is more serious.

 

[Chuckkeeper]

I don't think I can instruct my husband in that. I'm not even sure how I would do that myself. Right now, everyone is eating, drinking, and behaving normal. Were it not for the blood, I wouldn't know anything was wrong. I will say this, on Monday when the Isbars were 7 days old, one of them died. I got it it quickly enough to hold it and give it some comfort for about five minutes before it passed. I didn't suspect coccidia due to the way I found it. It was laying on it's back unable to turn over and thrashing around with labored breathiing. I suspect it was injured somehow but I don't know how. Any thoughts? I posted about it hoping someone could help figure it out.

Perhaps physiological etc. It is so difficult with such young animals but I wouldn't at this stage associate that issue with this one.

 

[Chuckkeeper]

I don't think I can instruct my husband in that. I'm not even sure how I would do that myself. Right now, everyone is eating, drinking, and behaving normal. Were it not for the blood, I wouldn't know anything was wrong. I will say this, on Monday when the Isbars were 7 days old, one of them died. I got it it quickly enough to hold it and give it some comfort for about five minutes before it passed. I didn't suspect coccidia due to the way I found it. It was laying on it's back unable to turn over and thrashing around with labored breathiing. I suspect it was injured somehow but I don't know how. Any thoughts? I posted about it hoping someone could help figure it out.

If it helps I think you did the right thing getting to the Corid ASAP and ensuring that it is adminstered correctly (which shouldn't be too difficult).

 

[TheBajan]

quick update: so far, so good!
Hubby didn't take any pics but everyone is still alive, eating, and drinking. Hopefully we are out of the woods!

 

[Chuckkeeper]

quick update: so far, so good!
Hubby didn't take any pics but everyone is still alive, eating, and drinking. Hopefully we are out of the woods!

Wonderful