Hi all, sorry to keep spamming questions, but I can’t find any past posts that are quite what I’m seeing and you’ve all been so helpful. I don’t know how many of these things are related, so I’m just going to list everything.
It’s been rainy so about a week ago, under their rain enclosure in the spot where they had dug out to dust bathe, I put a big flat basin with a mix of sand, ash, and a little DE. All they have done is eat the sand mixture and pooped all over it. Not a single one has dust bathed that I have seen, and it’s been quite muddy so they haven’t been able to dust bathe any other way.
Yesterday and today, I’ve noticed almost/all of my Rocks have diarrhea (RIRs seem to be having totally normal poops). I only see it when I go to close them up at night, and it’s all different colors — clear mucus-y, yellow/beige, green, black. No red in any of them thankfully, yesterday or today, but some of them are smelly (others not). Also, the Rocks seem to be itchy, to the point of pulling out some smaller feathers, and a couple are sneezing and wiping their beaks on wood and the edge of their coop repeatedly. No discharge, redness, swelling, or anything, and they’re all eating and acting normal. Our allergies have also been awful the last few days, could this just be environmental mold or something? They have a dirt run and the coop is lined with big pine shavings, haven’t had any dust problems before. They’re about 7 weeks old. Thanks!
It’s been rainy so about a week ago, under their rain enclosure in the spot where they had dug out to dust bathe, I put a big flat basin with a mix of sand, ash, and a little DE. All they have done is eat the sand mixture and pooped all over it. Not a single one has dust bathed that I have seen, and it’s been quite muddy so they haven’t been able to dust bathe any other way.
Yesterday and today, I’ve noticed almost/all of my Rocks have diarrhea (RIRs seem to be having totally normal poops). I only see it when I go to close them up at night, and it’s all different colors — clear mucus-y, yellow/beige, green, black. No red in any of them thankfully, yesterday or today, but some of them are smelly (others not). Also, the Rocks seem to be itchy, to the point of pulling out some smaller feathers, and a couple are sneezing and wiping their beaks on wood and the edge of their coop repeatedly. No discharge, redness, swelling, or anything, and they’re all eating and acting normal. Our allergies have also been awful the last few days, could this just be environmental mold or something? They have a dirt run and the coop is lined with big pine shavings, haven’t had any dust problems before. They’re about 7 weeks old. Thanks!
