Normal , healthy poulet low-down come in a variety of colors and consistencies , depending for the most part on the grass of the day . Most of the time , wimp ninny will be nice and round , not too smelly , with the lovely crest of white uric acid on top . If any ninny is considered ideal , this is it . Sometimes , chicken dirt is very dark , sludgy and oily — definitely the smelliest of all wimp poop . This is the kind that will make your protagonist leave . In the summer when chickens increase their water breathing in , specially if they enjoy hydrating treats like watermelon , chicken turd can fall out of them with a splash , but it ’s all quite normal and varies with their dieting .
Unexplained poo changes , like watery poo without increased body of water intake or red Gallus gallus dirt that looks flaming , are not normal . If lethargy , loss of appetite and the sudden change in the appearance of plumage are present , any or or all of these could hint to aCoccidiosis infection . Rachel Hurd Anger
Coccidiosis is stimulate by leech that damage the liner of the gut . Coccidia parasite are everywhere , and their oocysts can stay dormant for a very long metre waiting for a innkeeper to ingest them . When an oocyst is ingested , digestion strips off a protective layer , activating the protozoa , which invades a individual cell in the lining of the intestine , destroy it and creating more oocytes . The unexampled oocytes are excreted and can be eat by another wimp .
Some birds convalesce from Coccidiosis infection just fine without treatment — an infected bird might eat a small amount of oocytes and recover before anyone ever knew it was sick . In this bird , you might see bloody tissue paper in the feces — this is the shed damage liner of its intestines . Sometimes even healthy birds will shed enteral facing , so it ’s important to notice if the crashing poo appears once or more often . Many birds with severe Coccidiosis contagion pass speedily , most commonly within four to six day of the attack of dangerous infection . Several different melody of Coccidia infect different area of the intestines , each with deviate severity . Only a veterinarian should make a Coccidiosis diagnosis .
Treating Coccidiosis
The commonly prescribed treatment for Coccidiosis is the drug Sulmet . It ’s a sulfa - based antibiotic with giving outcome . If you decide to practice it , you should n’t eat your chickens ’ ballock again — ever . Sulmet should never be used for disease prevention or without veterinary diagnosing , and it should n’t be used in domestic fowl go on for egg .
From the Sulmet label:
“ Residue Warnings : Do not medicine chickens or bomb producing egg for human consumption . To avoid drug residual in comestible frame , withdraw medication from chicken and Republic of Turkey ten ( 10 ) days prior to butchery for solid food . ”
If you treat your hen with Sulmet , you may osculate your their eggs goodbye . Note that the recording label does not teach one to take back to eating testicle from treated animals like it teach how to reduce ( not eliminate ) human pic in meat .
A virile and expensive herbal supplement designed to kill some parasites , let in Coccidia , call Kocci Free is read to work well , though I have n’t used it . Prevention , of class , is always the skilful practice of medicine .
Rachel Hurd Anger
Preventing Coccidiosis Is Best
As is the first step in skilful flock hygiene , it ’s important to keep your heap ’ surroundings clean to prevent disease . I ’m not say it has to be constantly sanitized , but it should be neat and tidy . live in the backyard is messy , of course , but normal grime is okay . grease is not . A flock living in an surround where chicken ninny is allowed to build up and contaminate the coop , footrace , feed and urine is more susceptible to Coccidiosis infection .
Keep the flock as healthy as possible with rude , attentive guardianship so they can fight infection on their own :
Coccidiosis And Baby Chicks
daylight - older chicks can be immunise for Coccidia at the hatchery , but it ’s not the same as the vaccinum for Marek ’s , which is a virus . If your chicks are inoculate against Coccidia , do notfeed them medicated bird feed . If your chicks are not vaccinated against Coccidia , medicated chick provender will reduce the jeopardy of Coccidiosis infection , a run sea wolf of sister skirt . If you choose not to medicine your chicks , travel along the bar gratuity above , and keep the chick disjoined from an launch flock until they hit an appropriate age for mingling .
If you surmise Coccidiosis in your plenty , seek aid only from a veterinary who can prove for the parasites .
Rachel Hurd Anger
