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Kathy you just saved me from a major panic! I have an early hatched (20 day) chick around 24 hours old that hatched with an external yolk sac. I think that mama hen must have pecked it off and eaten it, because a couple of hours later there was just a dried scab on the chick's belly, and no sac to be seen in the nest. I just took the chick out of the nest to give it a few drops of sugar water (seeing as I don't know how much yolk it has absorbed and mama is still sitting on the other eggs that have started to pip) and it pooped on the towel. Of course I panicked, because the poop is bright green, but your photo seems to show it as normal. Whew! Thanks once again BYC!
Was this determined to normal or not? I have seen some red in one of my new chicks poo on occasion. It seemed very thick and kind of almost stringy. I was thinking it was not blood just shed intestinal lining? I am curious to know as I lost a bird to cocci recently and I don't want to get the new ones off to a bad start. I am using medicated chick started and some probiotic/electrolyte once a week or so.ok kathy....you know me always super paranoid about me birdies....here is what i found when i added some food just five minutes ago...most of the poo looks like normal poo but then there is like a light brown poo lately...some of which is this and then the end of it looks like normal poo...wish i had a pick...but the one that concerns me is this pic...here are the birds...they are all lively....and they run around eat and drink like crazy so i might be overreacting but can never be to safe
should i be worried....all they get for feed is medicated chick starter...also i think they could be eating the pine shavings...could this be a reason...?
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The whole book can be found here:That's an excellent page Kathy. Thanks for sharing it. It's worth clicking on the link too - although the document is not purely dedicated to chickens it has a huge amount of useful information that applies to all birds.
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Not sure what's going on with my hen but this is her poops lately.... She is still eating and drinking but not much. She's 3 years old