another poop question...

[dsp]

OK I am new to chickens.... I have three 2 1/2 month old chicks....one of them has reddish looking poo...not bloody as in red red blood but rustyish looking. The rest of thier poos are completely normal and they are acting completely normal. Should I be worried????? I have been watching this for a week or so....

 

[Bubble&Squeak]

They have so many different kinds of poo. The "chicken health handbook" has helped me a lot. They even have a section about all the different poo that comes from chickens. You can probably find a used copy on amazon. Good luck!

-jessi

 

[epitidios]

Quote:
Sometime ago i opened a topic with title Chicken with diarrhea. The link for the topic is:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=371845

There was a link with loads of info on poultry droppings and whcih are normal and which not.
Here is the link
http://www.chat.allotment.org.uk/index.php?topic=17568.0

 

[ChickensAreSweet]

And here is info on coccidiosis to quell fears or raise them, but your chickens are kind of old for coccidiosis. (Still theoretically could happen, I suppose!)

http://www.attra.org/attra-pub/coccidiosis.html