Discovered black poop today

[Grey Gables]

Hi- I have four pullets that are 11.5 weeks old (RIR, EE, Blue Cochin, and a Black Australorp). They are all acting normally. No signs of distress. They’re all eating. I found some black poop while cleaning around the run today. I keep up with poop pickup so I know it happened today — so if it’s serious hoping I’m catching it early. The poop isn’t all black, just a portion and it looks solid, not runny. I have no idea which chicken it came from and see no other alarming poop. They are all eating the same feed and doing light (monitored) foraging around the coop/run. Mostly eating grass. Hoping this is just something weird passing through and I won’t have any further issues. But if anyone has any thoughts or insight, would love to hear what you think! Thanks everyone!

 

[NuggetTheChicken]

That's odd. Maybe they ate a piece of plastic or something?

 

[Grey Gables]

That's odd. Maybe they ate a piece of plastic or something?

Yeah, I’m not sure. I’ve paid extra close attention to their poop over the last few days and haven’t seen anything like it. So hoping it was just a one time weird poop!

 

[NuggetTheChicken]

Glad they are doing well