Pottage Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 What does coccidiosis look like like in their poo, is it visible? I'm not sure if one of my hens has this, or just a bad case of worms. When I was cleaning up after them both yesterday and this evening I noticed someone is doing poos that look like they have loads of grains of sand in them, we have sandy soil here, but surely they are not eating enough of that for it to show in the poo? Pecky and Steve have tonight finished a course of Panacur for Tapeworm (which, touch wood, seems to have gone). They finished a course of Flubenvet 5 weeks ago, and had been treated with Flubenvet again 2 1/2 weeks previously to that so if it is one of them I don't think it would be worms. I had their poo tested by Retfords and they came back with the species of tapeworm and "scanty levels of coccidial cysts", which they said were not a cause of concern. They didn't mention any other worms, though I was specific in asking them to test for tapeworm. I am surprised at the mention of cocci because they are all ex barn hens, I thought if they were exposed to their own poo at a young age they gained an immunity to this parasite? They both lay good eggs every day. Nugget finished a course of Flubenvet 7 1/2 weeks ago now, and finished a course of Ivermectin a month ago for mite, which is also supposed to also treat worms. She was implanted a month ago, and is moulting due to that so I am not keen on worming her again until she has completely finished. Also, due to the implant her poos are runny at the moment and the poo in question was firm and otherwise healthy looking. Lola was last treated with Flubenvet 3 months ago. Whilst she was being treated she got very poorly with stuck eggs and e.coli and has only really just recovered. I'm not sure she was eating the whole 7 days on the flubenvet pellets so don't know if she received a full dose. She was, however, tested for worms on August 19th and that came back clear and is a big, fat chicken who has gone from 1.5kg back in August to 2.3 kg now so if it is worms they don't seem to be affecting her. She doesn't lay as she is implanted. Any ideas? I'm thinking the most likely candidate for worms is Lola, but it didn't really look like one of her poos. I'll keep a close eye on them tomorrow to find out who the culprit is, but they have all been wormed very recently for them to have such a load as was in the poos I've seen so I am worrying it's something more sinister. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beantree Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 Coccidiosis gives bloody poos and when you see them you will be in no doubt Pottage. Grainy poos can be a digestive flora issue or insufficient grit. We have a couple with grainy poos and have ordered Avipro Plus to try. Basically if they are not digesting the food properly they don't have sufficient energy intake and they will get thin and tired. Of course they might actually be eating sand. This is due to a mineral deficiency and can ultimately lead to digestive impaction (I read). Our rather old pet cockerel has a taste for lime rendering so we have started adding a Nettex product to his feed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullethunter Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 One of mine had really grainy white poo at the beginning of her moult but now seems back to normal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickabee Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 Cocci is horrible. One of mine had it about a year ago. As Beantree said, her poos were bloody. She very quickly went off her food and water. She went down hill very quickly. Needless to say the outcome wasn't a happy one. Doesn't sound like your girls have it. My girls have lots of stage poos. As long as they're not bloody or runny and green, I tend not to inspect too much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
