Thanks so much for telling me that , about the urine !! No, I did not know that. So it seems now that all is well with Silvie and Jessie, my ex-batts; I'm relieved.
I was told that they had had a full Health-check a week before I collected them and also had been wormed, but I recently gave them "Diatomateous earth" too, just in case. They have put on weight since I've had them and I hadn't seen any sign of worms.
Thanks for answering!
2 of my hens have come from an "egg-farm" and were in a sorry state when I got them, 2 months ago, but have now fully recovered and look great! But they still pass very watery stools (inbetween normal ones) > some pure white . They have not laid any eggs whih I put down to being stressed at...
Is it OK to give my 5 chickens a daily handful of commercial birdseeds for a treat (when I feed the birds in the morning) ? They love it ! For the rest of the day they get a properly balanced diet. Marili