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Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: Red on March 26, 2014, 04:24:22 pm

Title: Orange slimy poo! Please help!
Post by: Red on March 26, 2014, 04:24:22 pm

Please can anyone help! One of my girls has started to produce orange poo and has a slimy bottom ... The orange is staining the bedding and the other girls are fine. She isnt distressed, still eating and running around ... Any ideas what it is and how to treat it?
Many thanks :-\  :-\

Title: Re: Orange slimy poo! Please help!
Post by: NicandChic on March 26, 2014, 05:04:52 pm

Hi, I'm new to chickens but done lots of research prior one being poop...here's a link, hope it helps http://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?topic=17568.0 (http://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?topic=17568.0)

Title: Re: Orange slimy poo! Please help!
Post by: chrismahon on March 27, 2014, 05:17:07 am

Hello Red. Sounds initially from your description like it could be broken egg. But we have some wood shavings that go orange when wet and a hen with a digestive problem that sleeps on the floor who has a slimy orange bottom as a result. Have you checked for sour crop -soggy crop that doesn't empty overnight sometimes accompanied by bad breath? That would give slimy poos. Have you checked her vent for signs of eggshell or found any eggshell on the floor?

Title: Re: Orange slimy poo! Please help!
Post by: Red on March 28, 2014, 10:06:19 am

Thanks for the advice! There's no egg shells on the floor but she does seem to be getting better on her own! The orange slime has stopped and the poo is starting to look more normal ... Will be keeping a very close eye and thanks again