[Azzdodd]

I recently got 8 ex bats they are looking better 3 days after getting here there is still no eggs....they are in my garden at the moment with a hen house and they go in the garden all day but there poo's look like nuclear poo's picture attached

[nic99]

Yes, perfectly normal. Nothing to worry about as long as they doing more normal looking poos as well as these ones.

[chrismahon]

If you get too many of these it is an indicator of worms. But in your case Azzdodd it is perfectly normal and can increase with excitement; ex-Batts don't have worms as they haven't been outside.

[Azzdodd]

They were from a free range egg place....person I got them off said they were worked 11 days ago because he said the eggs are ok to eat now. Opened the coop this morning to find 2 dead ones :/

[chrismahon]

So it could be heavy worm burden then Azzdodd. Trouble is when you kill a lot of worms they give off enough toxins which can kill the hen. You will have to worm them anyway I think. Use Flubenvet, which you will find easiest to administer if you buy the 10Kg bag of Marriages premix.

[HelenVF]

or do a feacal egg count on them to see what you are dealing with?  I know Happy chicks are now offering the service.

I do my own, which comes in very handy when I am faced with something like that, because at least I know what I am looking for.  I recently did one on Dillon (goat) and found a lot of cocci in.  I then knew what he needed.

Helen