What am I dealing with?! Coccidiosis or something respiratory??

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We’re dealing with our first flock sickness. Oldest members just turned one and the youngest are around 9/10 weeks. Started Monday with noticing one of the newer pullets was acting off. Yesterday I observed bloody poo from her. We thought coccidiosis and started Corid. Now my older chickens are puffed up, sneezing, sounding hoarse, making odd humming noises, and my rooster has a bubbly eye (pic attached). I’m SO confused and worried!

Also, I’m very diligent with cleaning, bio security practices, and always quarantine new birds. The new pullets have been here for 5/6 weeks and just moved out to a separate area of the run this past Thursday. We have had a lot of rain and it’s been hard to keep things dry but we’ve been trying! I’m just so upset and worried about my babies 😭 Any help would be appreciated!
 

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The bubbly eye is a sign of mycoplasma gallisepticum (MG) which is a chronic respiratory disease. I would close your flock to any ever leaving, since all of your chickens should be considered carriers for life. Tylosin or TiaGard are used in the water to treat symptoms. Get Tylosin here:
https://jedds.com/products/tylosin-powder

Can you post a pic of the bloody poo? Corid is safe to use for coccidiosis, and it is also put in the water. You could get that today from a feed store, and start treatment for 5 days. Dosage is 2 tsp per gallon of the Corid liquid, or 1.5 tsp of the powder. Try to complete that before starting the Tylosin. It looks like the one chicken has feather loss either by overmating or feather picking by others. Are they overcrowded, or getting outside to free range?
 
The bubbly eye is a sign of mycoplasma gallisepticum (MG) which is a chronic respiratory disease. I would close your flock to any ever leaving, since all of your chickens should be considered carriers for life. Tylosin or TiaGard are used in the water to treat symptoms. Get Tylosin here:
https://jedds.com/products/tylosin-powder

Can you post a pic of the bloody poo? Corid is safe to use for coccidiosis, and it is also put in the water. You could get that today from a feed store, and start treatment for 5 days. Dosage is 2 tsp per gallon of the Corid liquid, or 1.5 tsp of the powder. Try to complete that before starting the Tylosin. It looks like the one chicken has feather loss either by overmating or feather picking by others. Are they overcrowded, or getting outside to free range?
I attached that picture below. We started Corid yesterday afternoon before the respiratory symptoms started. They haven’t been getting out as much as I’d like but our neighbor has a lab puppy (about 8mos) that loves to come in our yard and chase our chickens :( They do have a very large run and plenty of space and I haven’t witnessed any picking. She is one of our rooster’s favorites, too.

It looks like Jedd’s is sold out :( I’m looking now for other places that can get it to me quick. I don’t want to lose anyone!
 

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