9 week old chicken with diarrhea

[Kennas Mom10]

I have a 9 week old chicken with runny diarrhea. I'm not positive which one it is (we have 4) but I think its my bigger rooster. None of then are acting sick, just been noticing the puddles. Theses are our first dickens, so any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

 

[Kennas Mom10]

That should have said chickens, not dickens...

 

[willowbranchfarm]

Here is a poop chart.
It could be from Lice or Mites or Worms.

http://chat.allotment.org.uk/index.php?topic=17568.0

 

[cowcreekgeek]

I have a 9 week old chicken with runny diarrhea. I'm not positive which one it is (we have 4) but I think its my bigger rooster. None of then are acting sick, just been noticing the puddles. Theses are our first chickens, so any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

Another possibility, most esp. w/ young chickens, would be coccidiosis ...

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When your birds hear you comin' they're most likely to perk up in anticipation, but if observed unaware? You might see one or more lookin' somethin' like the bird in the center. And, if the droppings look similar to those in the photo? You're gonna wanna get amprolium, immediately.

 

[seminolewind]

Has it been unusually warm causing them to drink more water?

 

[Kennas Mom10]

It doesn't look like the coccidiosis pics.

 

[Kennas Mom10]

Has it been unusually warm causing them to drink more water?

Its been very warm the past few days, but we've been seeing it off and on for a couple weeks.

 

[Kennas Mom10]

I've got some probiotics I'm going to add to their water and see if it helps.

 

[cowcreekgeek]

I've got some probiotics I'm going to add to their water and see if it helps.

Certainly won't hurt ... a good quality Greek yogurt well incorporated into their feed does a great job of that (Fage claims to contain 100M microorganisms per gram at production, so it'd only require two Tablespoons for all four of your birds). Make sure to never feed 'em anything not fit for human consumption, and that there's no decaying matter or other sources of toxins for 'em to get into, 'cause chickens will eat just about anything they get the chance to try.

 

[seminolewind]

I've noticed that my chickens are squirtier than normal in the summer because they drink so much water to cool off.