Caught Chicken Drinking Septic Water

[flockface]

Help! First time chicken owner here and we need to redo our septic badly....it smells like rotten eggs and worse-- well, you get my drift. One of my chickens, my favorite soft, Princess was drinking the water fresh from a shower! She smelled, too. Not good! I don't know what to do? What to look out for. Do we throw her eggs away? Do I take her to the vet? I just caught her a few minutes ago. I don't want to lose her. I only have 3 chickens. Thanks everyone. I'm devastated.

 

[Godsgrl]

I don't think I would worry about it, personally. Chickens will eat anything, and they will peck in fresh dog/goat/horse/etc droppings without a second thought. If it's possible, you may want to prevent her from getting to the septic again, but I wouldn't worry about damage done.

 

[CrestedGirl]

 

[foxypoproxy]

i would think to get her to drink lots of water to it will wash through her system faster.
Other than that i don't think it will effect her very negatively

 

[flashover1969]

I wouldn't worry very much about it. Every once in awhile I see mine drinking out of the mini duck pool that my wife has set up for her ducks. Even though she cleans it daily ducks crap so much that it's just unbelievable and it pretty much could be compared to water from a septic. Every time I see one of the chickens drink out of it I just wanna puke.

Never had one get sick from it...what really kills me is that they have cool, clean, and fresh water not 10 feet away lol