Does this poop look normal?

[Sueby]

Sorry to just blast you with poop pics but I need to either set my mind at ease or fix it! I have 4, supposed to be, 11-12 week olds in quarantine & they just started roosting so I now get to see their poop. I'm thinking it's probably normal, but my big girls poop doesn't look like this.

They act 100% normal, eat, drink & chicken all day. They are on medicated feed (usually made into a mash) & have been at my house for just over 2 weeks. Is it just normal cecal or is it more? I have corrid & can treat for coccidiosis if I need to.

What do you think? (3 different piles under 3 different birds)

 

[MysteryChicken]

Sorry to just blast you with poop pics but I need to either set my mind at ease or fix it! I have 4, supposed to be, 11-12 week olds in quarantine & they just started roosting so I now get to see their poop. I'm thinking it's probably normal, but my big girls poop doesn't look like this.

They act 100% normal, eat, drink & chicken all day. They are on medicated feed (usually made into a mash) & have been at my house for just over 2 weeks. Is it just normal cecal or is it more? I have corrid & can treat for coccidiosis if I need to.

What do you think? (3 different piles under 3 different birds)

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It looks like Coccidiosis.

 

[Sueby]

Thank you.

So even though they are on medicated feed they can still get it bad enough that I should treat for it? I wasn't sure if that could happen or not (my first time with semi-littles).

I will go mix up some corid now.

 

[dawg53]

If the corid doesnt clear it up in 5 days, give them a sulfa drug such as sulfadimethoxine or SMZ-TMP. The sulfadimethoxine will require a script from a vet or you can get it from a vet.

 

[Sueby]

Ok, thank you both.

 

[SarahGfa]

Did the bloody poop go away after starting corid?

 

[Sueby]

It did, way faster than I thought too. I started it yesterday morning, I mixed a mash with it & poured the rest into their waterer. This morning every single poop under the roost looked normal.

Have you started treatment for yours @SarahGfa?

 

[SarahGfa]

It did, way faster than I thought too. I started it yesterday morning, I mixed a mash with it & poured the rest into their waterer. This morning every single poop under the roost looked normal.

Have you started treatment for yours @SarahGfa?

I'm glad your birds are better! I put corid in their water this morning. Hopefully it will work fast for my birds too.

 

[Sueby]

@MysteryChicken @dawg53 do you all recommend doing the follow up treatment of 1/3 teaspoon Corid for another week or do you think that's the equivalent of the medicated feed they're on?

They've been on Corid for 6 days & they look good, poop is 99% clear & they never acted sick anyway. Not sure if I should do the low dose follow up or if the medicated feed would be the same idea.

Thanks!

 

[MysteryChicken]

@MysteryChicken @dawg53 do you all recommend doing the follow up treatment of 1/3 teaspoon Corid for another week or do you think that's the equivalent of the medicated feed they're on?

They've been on Corid for 6 days & they look good, poop is 99% clear & they never acted sick anyway. Not sure if I should do the low dose follow up or if the medicated feed would be the same idea.

Thanks!

I normally go for one week.