Chickens have yellow diahrrea

[zhess510]

I have 20 ten week old chickens, all seem to be healthy, a few have been having yellow diahrrea and I don't know what to give them to clear it up. Any suggestions??

 

[GuppyTJ]

Does it look like any of these pictures?

http://chat.allotment.org/index.php?topic=17568.0

The Chicken Health Handbook (P 152 and 153) lists about a dozen things that can cause yellow diarrhea, some serious, some not as much. So, it's really hard to say. Can you google "yellow diarrhea in chickens" and the like, to find information and maybe pictures to match your poo to see if you can figure out what your chicks have?

One thing you can try (not saying it will do anything if it's a disease of some kind, but it can't hurt) is to add some ground up oats to their feed. I make a mix of table scraps daily for my 10 week old chicks (I have 16) and I always add a palm-full of whole wheat oats to the mix. I put it in a blender to make it into bit-size pieces so it's easier for them to digest.

Hope this is in some way helpful,
Guppy