Help please

[miffy]

As some of you are aware i have just moved to a new school, we have chickens there. Never had any dealings with chickens before.
When the lady who looks after them went in to collect eggs today she found blood in their bedding, on the eggs she collected and in their poo.

She also said the shells seemed much thinner.

Question is, is this normal, i would guess not and what do we need to do?

This hens are resuced battery hens.
Thank you in anticipation from the girls.

[frias]

Miffy as you have posted this twice I guess you are desperate. If you Google 'blood in poultry faeces' it comes up as Coccidiosis which is what Flummery said. Even if it's not that any blood is not a good sign. It has to be a trip to the vet and if you are lucky and explain these are ex-batts you might have a lovely vet like mine who only charges for medication. (actually I thought ex-batts were inoculated against Coccidiosis and most things but I might be wrong)

[Suechooks]

Definitely not normal. Need to try and find which hen its coming from. Probably best to take it to a vet as soon as you can especially if you have no one with experience. Ex-batts deteriorate very quickly when unwell. As Frias says blood is NOT a good sign.

[janeyo]

I also think you need to identify the ill one (or multiples) and isolate them