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[JennS]

Crud. I went out to top off the feed for the birds in the garage, and I noticed all the white silkie chicks pecking at a red poop. Looking closely, there are a number of reddish-tinged poops in their brooder. Do I have cocci? I read that they can shed intestinal lining and it will be red. Will there be a bunch of poops like that at once? I looked at all their vents and only one had poop stuck around it (brought that chick inside and washed it) and it wasn't red.

I guess I need to go back out and look at the poop some more. Am I right that the dose for liquid Corid is 2 tsp per gallon?

Jennifer

 

[JennS]

I'm still not 100% sure it's cocci, but I'm fairly sure. All the red poops are dried up. I saw two of them poop while I was there (including the smallest one, which wasn't going to the freshly filled feeder) and they were runny but not red. I went ahead and started treatment. I don't want to risk losing them! I used 1/2 tsp in their quart waterer.

Am I correct that cocci is not airborne? I've got the two other new hens in the garage, but they are not sharing the same housing. Should I treat them as well anyway? Their poops look normal.

I also almost gave the chicks layer feed. I had picked up a new bag of chick starter at Monroe F&F, and I opened it tonight and filled their feeder before I looked closely at the label. They gave me the wrong bag! It's for layers. Ironically, I noticed this *after* I'd bought a small bag of layer feed at Bothell (which is more expensive). Oh well. I poured the layer crumble that had been in the chick's feeder into the garbage and replaced it with chick started from the old bag I'm using for the feed store chicks. I'm glad I wasn't completely out. Now I need to get to M F&F in the next couple of days to get more chick starter. And in case anyone is wondering, I'm using organic instead of medicated, so I'm not combining that with the Corid.

Jennifer

 

[JennS]

If the under fluff is a slate grey color, then the Silkie is a dark Blue color. A black Silkie should be black all the way to it's black skin.

Yup, she's grey underneath. So she's a blue. Good to know! Will her color change at all over her lifetime?

Time for bed. Treating the chicks kept me up past my bedtime. *grumble*

Jennifer

 

[TerrorBird]

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That's adorable!

Actually, Marmalade is the nicest Belgian I've ever met (I've only met d'Anvers). My other five are a bit nutty. I got them from a WSU student who was breeding them; I think they were a bit less than two months old. I could never get them to be nearly as friendly as my standard birds. They are almost afraid of their own shadows but will bully whoever will run from them. They charge at the little Douglas squirrels they find eating fallen seed. I can only tell one bird apart from the rest because she's developed frosted tail feather tips. Her name is Peanut because I caught her in the garage eating the single packing peanut that was floating around. She's the only one I can catch and hold. They all try to sleep in a tree outside the coop and it drives me nuts. As a group, I call them the Teeny Ones. Marmalade will remain a separate entity, I think.

 

[lovinchickypoos]

Better pack up and move east then.

Well, it's DRIER here than there, but quite wet right now!! Oh, and of course there's the wind...

Gotta love WA crazy! -- in Issaquah.

 

[lovinchickypoos]

I'm still not 100% sure it's cocci, but I'm fairly sure. All the red poops are dried up. I saw two of them poop while I was there (including the smallest one, which wasn't going to the freshly filled feeder) and they were runny but not red. I went ahead and started treatment. I don't want to risk losing them! I used 1/2 tsp in their quart waterer.

Am I correct that cocci is not airborne? I've got the two other new hens in the garage, but they are not sharing the same housing. Should I treat them as well anyway? Their poops look normal.

I also almost gave the chicks layer feed. I had picked up a new bag of chick starter at Monroe F&F, and I opened it tonight and filled their feeder before I looked closely at the label. They gave me the wrong bag! It's for layers. Ironically, I noticed this *after* I'd bought a small bag of layer feed at Bothell (which is more expensive). Oh well. I poured the layer crumble that had been in the chick's feeder into the garbage and replaced it with chick started from the old bag I'm using for the feed store chicks. I'm glad I wasn't completely out. Now I need to get to M F&F in the next couple of days to get more chick starter. And in case anyone is wondering, I'm using organic instead of medicated, so I'm not combining that with the Corid.

Jennifer

You are correct. It is fecal to mouth contact because the protozoans shed oocysts that are passed in feces. I would treat them for it if they were mine. It is best to really be diligent about picking up their poop and dispose of it in a way that does not contaminate your ground. Other pets can get infected (as far as I'm aware coccidia isn't species specific). Knowing my dogs and what they consider a "delicacy", they would easily get infested!

 

[Cowgirlgrace]

Quote: See! I told ya so. I wasn't THAT deep. Just fun to go through fast. Water water everywhere. LOL

 

[Cowgirlgrace]

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My fiancee's family lives in Sultan, which is prone to flooding. His parents once drove through water that they could have touched if they reached down through the open window, and that was in a large Ram truck!
Wow, this was not that deep but I do have a Ram. Hmmm, what do you want to bet I could find a deeper one? LOL, no worries CR. Just kidding. Thanks for caring.

 

[Cowgirlgrace]

Crud. I went out to top off the feed for the birds in the garage, and I noticed all the white silkie chicks pecking at a red poop. Looking closely, there are a number of reddish-tinged poops in their brooder. Do I have cocci? I read that they can shed intestinal lining and it will be red. Will there be a bunch of poops like that at once? I looked at all their vents and only one had poop stuck around it (brought that chick inside and washed it) and it wasn't red.

I guess I need to go back out and look at the poop some more. Am I right that the dose for liquid Corid is 2 tsp per gallon?

Jennifer

With Cocci, the red in the poop is actual blood. I have had chickens have an off red color in their poop which has not been blood and it is normal.

 

[Cowgirlgrace]

Quote: Thats not what I heard. Is there something printed somewhere that says that they don't look unless asked? But I guess thats no proof they don't snoop if they wanted to. They have the ability. I don't trust anyone. Besides, I think when I log in some kind of alarm must go off at BYC headquarters. Even at this hour, I'm usually the only one logged in but their are ALWAYS 'guests'. I think I'm being stalked! LOL