Buff Orpington Watery Poops

[Batesabbey]

I have 6 total Buff Orpington's, about 18 weeks old. 1 of them has pretty bad watery poops (you can hear when she goes). Nothing has changed, she’s acting normal, she seems to be eating regularly. She has access to unlimited feed (Kalmbach crumbles). And water. I’m in Northern New Hampshire, and it hasn’t been incredibly hot. The run is very much shaded most of the day, she doesn’t seem distressed in anyway. I did get my first egg this morning! (WOOOHOOO!) so I’m not sure if she was the lucky lady or not. Any tips or possibly answers would greatly be appreciated TIA

 

[muddy75]

Do you have pictures of the poo? That may be helpful in determining the problem.

 

[Batesabbey]

Do you have pictures of the poo? That may be helpful in determining the problem.

 

[muddy75]

@Eggcessive

 

[Eggcessive]

What are you feeding? They can get runny droppings from drinking more water in hot weather. You might want to worm your flock with Valbazen or SafeGuard, and try some probiotics a couple of days a week. A vet could also look for coccidiosis, worms if you take in a fresh sample of her droppings. Call first and ask if they do fecal floats for chickens. Valbazen dosage is 1/2 ml orally, and repeated in 10 days. SafeGuard liquid goat wormer or the horse paste dosage is 1/4 per pound, or 1.25 ml for a 5 pound hen. Give it orally for 5 consecutive days to treat most worms, or once and in 10 days for just roundworms and cecal worms.

 

[Batesabbey]

What are you feeding? They can get runny droppings from drinking more water in hot weather. You might want to worm your flock with Valbazen or SafeGuard, and try some probiotics a couple of days a week. A vet could also look for coccidiosis, worms if you take in a fresh sample of her droppings. Call first and ask if they do fecal floats for chickens. Valbazen dosage is 1/2 ml orally, and repeated in 10 days. SafeGuard liquid goat wormer or the horse paste dosage is 1/4 per pound, or 1.25 ml for a 5 pound hen. Give it orally for 5 consecutive days to treat most worms, or once and in 10 days for just roundworms and cecal worms.

Hello just following back up, I’m guessing it might have been the water and feed ratio. When I went to check on her later that day, She was perfectly clean down there, I could hardly tell who had the issue. But for the future.. could you recommend any daily supplements or probiotics to give to the flock? I do hydrohen in the water already.