Cecal or Disease?

[Perris]

That looks a bit mucusy; the gut walls exude mucus as a protective measure in response to a variety of threats or conditions in the digestive tract. It is a sign that your hen's immune system is working.

She looks fine, and if there are no other symptoms concerning you, I would recommend you just observe her carefully for the next few days, and give her body chance to fix itself by methods that have evolved over thousands of years. Giving medications often upsets the digestive system, and can create problems where there were none.

 

[ChickenKeeper43]

That looks a bit mucusy; the gut walls exude mucus as a protective measure in response to a variety of threats or conditions in the digestive tract. It is a sign that your hen's immune system is working.

She looks fine, and if there are no other symptoms concerning you, I would recommend you just observe her carefully for the next few days, and give her body chance to fix itself by methods that have evolved over thousands of years. Giving medications often upsets the digestive system, and can create problems where there were none.

Thank you so much, yeah I don’t wanna use medicine unless there’s actually a serious issue with my hens, they seem to be acting perfectly normal right now.

 

[ChickenKeeper43]

That looks a bit mucusy; the gut walls exude mucus as a protective measure in response to a variety of threats or conditions in the digestive tract. It is a sign that your hen's immune system is working.

She looks fine, and if there are no other symptoms concerning you, I would recommend you just observe her carefully for the next few days, and give her body chance to fix itself by methods that have evolved over thousands of years. Giving medications often upsets the digestive system, and can create problems where there were none.

Hey, sorry to bother you again. You seem to know a lot about this. I appreciate the help. Found more droppings, these ones are from my 10 month old egg layers. Are these ones normal? One of them seems to be quite green.

 

[Perris]

No apologies necessary; I'm happy to help. Yes, they're normal poos - all poo reflects what they've eaten and what's thriving in their microbiome at the time, and if your birds forage, their poo will vary much more than that of birds that eat exactly the same thing, day in, day out, especially if that thing comes out of a feed bag. Some of my birds are very partial to elderberries so their poo can be purple at the moment!

Green poo can be an indication that they're not getting enough non-foraged food to eat, and of a clostridium perfrigens infection if very watery too, so it's worth keeping an eye out and tracking down which bird is depositing any strongly green poos, but if the bird is active and seems healthy, and is not being bullied away from any feed bowls you put out, most issues will pass more or less quickly - just as we get minor ills and ailments and throw them off without medical intervention - and the bird will recover, and be stronger for it afterwards, having developed some immunity to whatever was challenging it.

 

[ChickenKeeper43]

No apologies necessary; I'm happy to help. Yes, they're normal poos - all poo reflects what they've eaten and what's thriving in their microbiome at the time, and if your birds forage, their poo will vary much more than that of birds that eat exactly the same thing, day in, day out, especially if that thing comes out of a feed bag. Some of my birds are very partial to elderberries so their poo can be purple at the moment!

Green poo can be an indication that they're not getting enough non-foraged food to eat, and of a clostridium perfrigens infection if very watery too, so it's worth keeping an eye out and tracking down which bird is depositing any strongly green poos, but if the bird is active and seems healthy, and is not being bullied away from any feed bowls you put out, most issues will pass more or less quickly - just as we get minor ills and ailments and throw them off without medical intervention - and the bird will recover, and be stronger for it afterwards, having developed some immunity to whatever was challenging it.

Hi, by any change does that look like this? My chickens also LOVE elderberries.