Are these birds sick???

[ShadyGlade]

Help. Some of my birds have a light brownish yellow poo that I've never seen before. No feed changes & no signs of illness, but what is this??

 

[cluckychick]

Here are some pics of poo so you can compare them. It maybe perfectly normal...

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

 

[ShadyGlade]

Never would have thought to 'Google' chicken poo . . . but thank you. It looked like one of the cecal pictures & what exactly does that mean?

 

[nnbreeder]

A chicken has a storage system for droppings. That is just the term when those glands empty. it's perfectly normal.

You should see the droppings of a broody hen, some of those are huge and very smelly!

 

[JennsPeeps]

Cecal poo comes from a loop/pouch in the in the intestines. Every so many poops the pouch is emptied. It's likley what you saw. If it's nasty, sticky, and smelly, then that's cecal poo & perfectly normal.

 

[ShadyGlade]

Thank you for all the help folks

I must never have noticed the stuff before because I just had the exterior of the barn built late this fall, and didn't start moving birds in until the holidays. Must not be as noticeable outside & in the straw.

 

[sammi]

cecal droppings are done a few times a day..
but the droppings shouldn't look like that all the time..

not a bad idea to keep a check.