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Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: bloomer on June 27, 2013, 09:41:20 pm

Title: weird poop
Post by: bloomer on June 27, 2013, 09:41:20 pm

we picked up the new chooks last night and they settled well


when i collected eggs today we had one that had been trampled and what looks like a very weird poop in the same place has anyone seen anything similar or knows what it is, bit worried about the chooks I just acquired!!!

Title: Re: weird poop
Post by: Mammyshaz on June 27, 2013, 10:09:38 pm

Have you got an iPad or iPhone?
I have an app called 'ichickens' and it has a section full of photos of chicken poo ( why are we so obsessed  ??? )
I've checked on it as your piccie looked alarming to me but there are two photos both very similar to yours which say it is normal poo.

If she is well I thinki would just keep an eye on her and once all the girls are settled worm with flubenvet so you can eliminate the likelihood of a  worm problem on any further issues.

So where are piccies of your new girls     :huff:

Title: Re: weird poop
Post by: Fanackapan on June 27, 2013, 10:14:13 pm

Not an expert and can't see too clearly but it may be what is known as a lash -discarded reproductive lining I think. Not usually a problem just a hen clearing out so should start laying again, unless its an old hen and then it usually signals shut down on laying.
Bit gross but did you keep it - if so slice into it see if it looks like fleshy matter. sorry yuk

Title: Re: weird poop
Post by: Possum on June 27, 2013, 10:27:59 pm

I think Fanackapan is right. It is something that has come out of the oviduct and is probably not too much to worry about. Are all the hens looking alright in themselves?

Title: Re: weird poop
Post by: bloomer on June 27, 2013, 10:40:05 pm

yup they look healthy i am assured they are all between 16 and 18 months old, i'll keep an eye on them and see how it goes!!!


thanks everyone

Title: Re: weird poop
Post by: chrismahon on June 28, 2013, 05:04:20 am

Bit of a mix there but I agree it is partly shed ovaduct lining -a 'lash'. Then mixed in with what looks to be eggshell and a normal poo. When I have seen them with ours they look like half an uncooked sausage. The hens who shed them did lay again, but it took several months.

Title: Re: weird poop
Post by: plumseverywhere on June 28, 2013, 09:03:51 am

We had something similar when we moved house - I think the move kind of unsettled them and one laid what looked like a bald mole/sausage.  It was a lash as described by the others and she settled back into laying brilliant eggs after they had got used to their new surroundings.