Hi, everyone!
I'm proud to say that last night, I picked up my very first chicken, a (roughly?) 3-4 month old buff laced Polish. I'm not sure what her poop or pooping pattern is supposed to be, so I'm a little concerned - last night, she made a bunch of normal poops (according to pics I've seen on the forums). But today, I've noticed about 4 separate LOOSE poops - they look like melted chocolate ice cream! I saw her 'create' one of them, and it just squirted right out.
She seems to be drinking and eating normally, and all she's had today for treats have been 3 blueberries and a slug, which she may or may not have eaten, due to her 'Polish vision issue'. She's been in a well-ventilated coop, alone, on pine shavings.
I bought her from a local hobby farm, where she was allowed to free range, although she'd been in a large pen with some younger Polish for the last month. Her personality has actually surprised me - she submits to being picked up, pet, etc, then goes back to scratching and pecking. The neighbourhood kids have been here all day checking her out. Could it be normal caecal poop, stress from moving to a new home, a new food? I'm not sure what she was eating at the farm, but I'm giving her Purina grower.
Thanks in advance!
I'm proud to say that last night, I picked up my very first chicken, a (roughly?) 3-4 month old buff laced Polish. I'm not sure what her poop or pooping pattern is supposed to be, so I'm a little concerned - last night, she made a bunch of normal poops (according to pics I've seen on the forums). But today, I've noticed about 4 separate LOOSE poops - they look like melted chocolate ice cream! I saw her 'create' one of them, and it just squirted right out.
She seems to be drinking and eating normally, and all she's had today for treats have been 3 blueberries and a slug, which she may or may not have eaten, due to her 'Polish vision issue'. She's been in a well-ventilated coop, alone, on pine shavings.
I bought her from a local hobby farm, where she was allowed to free range, although she'd been in a large pen with some younger Polish for the last month. Her personality has actually surprised me - she submits to being picked up, pet, etc, then goes back to scratching and pecking. The neighbourhood kids have been here all day checking her out. Could it be normal caecal poop, stress from moving to a new home, a new food? I'm not sure what she was eating at the farm, but I'm giving her Purina grower.
Thanks in advance!