Cayenne pepper

[Otis-Gussy]

one of my hens has had several poops that are yellowish and kinda looks like yellow or orange gravy ( super gross description, sorry! )
She was recently exposed to chickens. So in an abundance of caution want to start adding cayenne pepper to their food. How much should I add?

 

[duluthralphie]

Do you have a picture of the poop?

I have used cayenne pepper but it has never really done much for me. You may want to consider Wazine if it is a parasite Tagging @casportpony as she is way better at these things than me.

Pepper just makes the worms "uncomfortable" and does not kill them.

 

[casportpony]

Please post poop pictures.

 

[duluthralphie]

Please post poop pictures.

See, I knew you would want pictures of the poop.

 

[Molpet]

one of my hens has had several poops that are yellowish and kinda looks like yellow or orange gravy ( super gross description, sorry! )
She was recently exposed to chickens. So in an abundance of caution want to start adding cayenne pepper to their food. How much should I add?

a 3-10 lb chicken is 1/4 teaspoon per bird per day. so depending how big the turkey is...

 

[venymae]

We wanna see this so called "gross poop"!

 

[Otis-Gussy]

I also gave them quite a few bananas last week. So I thought maybe it's just from that. But it's only one turkeys squirting this gross stuff out.

 

[duluthralphie]

I also gave them quite a few bananas last week. So I thought maybe it's just from that. But it's only one turkeys squirting this gross stuff out.

I can't really tell by that picture. When taking poop pictures one must get close so it covers the screen on the camera or phone. Blowing them up or telephoto lenses tend to distort the foamy look and texture the head Poop Inspector needs to tell what kind of poop it is.

That does not look foamy from what I can see, it almost looks like a bad egg was dropped.

 

[Otis-Gussy]

I can't really tell by that picture. When taking poop pictures one must get close so it covers the screen on the camera or phone. Blowing them up or telephoto lenses tend to distort the foamy look and texture the head Poop Inspector needs to tell what kind of poop it is.

That does not look foamy from what I can see, it almost looks like a bad egg was dropped.

It's definitely not foamy.. really it's like gravy. I'll try to get some better more detailed photos today.

 

[casportpony]

I also gave them quite a few bananas last week. So I thought maybe it's just from that. But it's only one turkeys squirting this gross stuff out.

Looks like it could be coccidia poop, or worse (blackhead).