Chicks with foamy poop?

[Pet Duck Boy]

What does foamy poop mean? A couple of my 5 RIR chicks are having foamy droppings. They have a heat lamp that keeps one area 95-100 degrees. They don't huddle under it at all. I feed them medicated chick starter. They are pretty active at times but take 30-40 minute sleep time breaks in between. They all seem pretty healthy otherwise.

 

[Pet Duck Boy]

Anyone?

 

[elmo]

In all likelihood, those are cecal poops, which come one out of every ten or so poops, usually.

There's a wide range of normal for chicken feces. Take a look:

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

 

[HenMamma]

I noticed this when I first picked up my babies. I figured it was because they hadn't started on food yet and were still passing yolk.

 

[amymya]

Six years later... How did your chicks turn out?

 

[azygous]

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