Black poop?

[Mei&Popcorn]

Hi, recently I have been seeing a few wet poops (like chocolate pudding consistency), covered with a layer of black... Is this normal? All of them seem healthy...

 

[ChickensAreSweet]

Eating charcoal/woodstove ashes can turn the poo black (it isn't harmful).

However, black poo can also be old blood. Brown liquid poos can be:
http://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?topic=4345.0

However, there are normal caecal poos every 8th poo or so, which are liquid and strangely colored sometimes...so what is concerning me is that black if it isn't from ashes/charcoal. I don't know how to advise you on this though.

If the poos are consistently brown/runny that isn't normal.

 

[Mei&Popcorn]

Eating charcoal/woodstove ashes can turn the poo black (it isn't harmful).

However, black poo can also be old blood. Brown liquid poos can be:
http://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?topic=4345.0

However, there are normal caecal poos every 8th poo or so, which are liquid and strangely colored sometimes...so what is concerning me is that black if it isn't from ashes/charcoal. I don't know how to advise you on this though.

If the poos are consistently brown/runny that isn't normal.

They don't have access to charcoal or woodstove ashes.. The poops look like chocolate pudding on the inside, but they're covered with a layer of black. They're not consistently runny, though, they make a lot of normal poops too.

 

[subhanalah]

They don't have access to charcoal or woodstove ashes.. The poops look like chocolate pudding on the inside, but they're covered with a layer of black. They're not consistently runny, though, they make a lot of normal poops too. 

are they fresh when you see the black "coating?I've noticed when my birds have a cecal poo that sits exposed to air, it can look very dark.

 

[Mei&Popcorn]

Maybe that's it.. I find the ones with black coating in the morning around the roost...

 

[FeatherBird]

Hi, recently I have been seeing a few wet poops (like chocolate pudding consistency), covered with a layer of black... Is this normal? All of them seem healthy...

I hope you are talking about chickens.....

 

[Mei&Popcorn]

Quote: Yup, DEFINITELY talking about chickens

 

[FeatherBird]

I couldn't resist making that joke XD.

 

[kabhyper1]

I hope you are talking about chickens.....

OMG I laughed so hard at this for some reason! Thanks so much for the giggle. I'm sure they were talking about chickens but the laugh was great nonetheless.