paradisepentacoop
Songster
Good day everyone,
I spend a bunch of time observing my chicks to get a feel for their personalities. I have a mixed flock of two Silver Sebrights, three Golden Sebrights, and two Australorps. They have been moved from their dog crate brooder to a much larger temporary coop and have been loving the extra space, sunlight, and environment.
Lately I've been noticing that their poops are more runny than they used to be.
This morning, one of the Australorps took a poo that came out especially small, frothy, and white and seemed to be attached to their vent by a strand of what appeared to be bloody mucous?
In their temporary coop they have access to grit, chick crumble, electrolyte water, plain water, and the red cinder that is the floor of the temp coop. I have noticed that their poops have been more red from scratching through the cinder, but this is something different. I do give them varied snacks, maybe twice a day, of radish greens/lettuce/broccoli/soldier fly larva. The soldier fly larva were given after the move, so might be contributing to more runny poos?
Can anyone give me your thoughts on what is happening, especially in relation to the bloody mucous I saw?
I spend a bunch of time observing my chicks to get a feel for their personalities. I have a mixed flock of two Silver Sebrights, three Golden Sebrights, and two Australorps. They have been moved from their dog crate brooder to a much larger temporary coop and have been loving the extra space, sunlight, and environment.
Lately I've been noticing that their poops are more runny than they used to be.
This morning, one of the Australorps took a poo that came out especially small, frothy, and white and seemed to be attached to their vent by a strand of what appeared to be bloody mucous?
In their temporary coop they have access to grit, chick crumble, electrolyte water, plain water, and the red cinder that is the floor of the temp coop. I have noticed that their poops have been more red from scratching through the cinder, but this is something different. I do give them varied snacks, maybe twice a day, of radish greens/lettuce/broccoli/soldier fly larva. The soldier fly larva were given after the move, so might be contributing to more runny poos?
Can anyone give me your thoughts on what is happening, especially in relation to the bloody mucous I saw?