Should I panic over a runny slightly bloody poo?

[Eggcessive]

Michael, she has been dealing with many different diseases in these rescue hens over the last few months. CRD, fowl pox, among others, and has given Tylan several times already. Do you think she should try Denagard or something like that? Do you think the blood in the stools is cocci or an enteritis from another organism?

 

[casportpony]

Based on the poop pics I just looked at I would guess that one of them is shedding intestinal lining and it's runny because of the Tylan. That's my theory anyway.

The occasional intestinal lining poop *might* be normal, but it could mean worms, coccidiosis or infection.

-Kathy

 

[Aunt ruth]

Michael, she has been dealing with many different diseases in these rescue hens over the last few months.  CRD, fowl pox, among others, and has given Tylan several times already.  Do you think she should try Denagard or something like that?  Do you think the blood in the stools is cocci or an enteritis from another organism?

These are not rescue hens ( which is why all these diseases are so puzzling). The d'uccle came from a breeder in Alabama. When I got her she was healthy beautiful and had not mites or other problems other than an occasional sneeze which neither improved nor worsened over 4 months so I didn't worry about it. She had no discharge or rattly breathing or any other symptoms so I just assumed it was normal. Shortly after we got her we bought two OEGBs from a breeder who had hatched way more than she could keep. I visited the place and selected the birds myself. I would have quarantined them but we live in a residential area and I have had to keep them in a small coop that my grandpa had originally built to quarantine a rooster he had hatched until it was big enough to join the rest of his flock but hadn't used for about a year. They are still living in this coop as my dad and I have not had time to finish the other one. Anyways I had to put them with the d'uccle and felt relatively comfortable doing so as the rest of the 50+ birds that the lady had were mite free and healthy. So shortly after I noticed the OEGBs were sneezing to but again no other symptoms or signs of worsening. Then, around the first week of September I noticed the blue had a bump above her eye and did some research an found out that It was fowl pox. It got to the point were her eyes were closed due to the lesions and we had to force feed her. Over the past few weeks she has been much better and acting herself again. The scabs are falling off and she is eating drinking and behaving like a normal chicken. About 6 days or so ago though, the d'uccle had some sort of eye infection and the blue OEGB sounded snotty and had some discharge in her nostrils. I was told by multiple people that Tylan 50 can be given orally and that's how we have treated them for the past four days. The d'uccles eye looks mostly normal and the blues clucking sounds clear again. Today when I was out cleaning their cage and changing their water like I do every day, I noticed the aforementioned poop on the porch( we let them run around for about 30 minutes twice a day while we clean the coop or do yard work) and wondered if it was cause for concern. It's a small poo only about the size if a dime. I didnt find any others like it when cleaning out the coop so I decided to just watch it and do some research. I don't think it is coccidiosis as I change their water everyday and it pretty rare to find any poop in it. Nevertheless I will be on the lookout do more bloody poop and will treat accordingly if problem persists.

 

[Aunt ruth]

This is a picture of them shortly after I got them. BTW the D'uccle was not shipped postally. The husband of the breeder is a truck driver who has a route that took him into our area. She came with several Americuanas that a fellow chicken owner had ordered.

 

[casportpony]

FWIW, I had a mature rooster that started pooping those "normal" intestinal lining poops, so I wormed him and his poop returned to what I think is normal, firm with a white cap. If I see intestinal lining looking poop in chicks it is *always* the beginning of coccidiosis. Don't get wrong, I'm not saying that what you have going on is either, but it's just something to think about and keep an eye on, which it sounds like you're doing.

-Kathy

 

[Aunt ruth]

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Here is a pic of the blue with fowl pox. (The scab that has her eye mostly closed has fallen off)

 

[Aunt ruth]

 

[Aunt ruth]

The only other thing I can think of to add is that they do have to small white feather mites but they are under control and I am doing my best to get rid of them entirely by dusting them with DE every few days or so.

 

[casportpony]

DE doesn't work, get a proper poultry dust or 5% Sevin dust.

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

Can she see out of that eye? Or is it filled with pus?

-Kathy