clear yellow urine?? (and anti-diuretic hormone??)

[Country4ever]

My hen has been in a crate in the house for about 11 days since the coon attack which took a big chunk of skin off her back. She is healing very well. Probably because of the antibiotics and the stress, she has had green diarrhea for awhile, but that' improving. I put her down on the linoleum floor in the bathroom this morning to get some exercise and twice she peed a clear yellow urine on the floor. (I actually didn't see her pee, so maybe she threw up.......but I'm thinking its pee).
Maybe they do this all the time and I've just never noticed it in the coop bedding before.........but is this okay??

Another thing that might be related....I have a cement floor in the coop. After the attack and all the hens were traumatized, I noticed that under the bedding under the roost looked dark and wet all the time. I had never noticed this before. I thought maybe the walls were somehow leaking with the rains we've had, but they aren't. Outside, the cement foundation is dry.
Is getting rid of fluid like this common after a very stressful event?
I know humans have an "Anti diuretic hormone" which increases under stress and causes fluid retention. I'm wondering since its 11 days post-attack, if they are just getting rid of this retained fluid??
I'm just used to seeing their pee as urate crystals though.
Any insights?

 

[Schultz]

Interesting theory, however, I do not know the answer, sorry. We had a hen that was attacked as well and I never saw a yellow fluid. I hope someone else will have better advice and I am glad your girl is recovering well.

 

[Iowa Roo Mom]

It is my understanding that chickens do not pee. Most of their "pee" comes out in the form of uric acid with their poo. But, if it helps, here is the infamous "Poo Chart"-

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

As far as the wet looking cement under the bedding- I don't know where you are for sure- but I'm guessing since it has been so blasted hot and humid over most of the country, it is probably just condensation and moisture coming out through the concrete. The reason you're seeing it under the bedding as opposed to outside, is most likley because under the bedding air is not moving and so it retains the moisture and does not give it a chance to dry. Outside it has access to air, allowing it to evaporate and dry. This may not be the case, but it's a theory!

Hope that helps, and keep us updated!

 

[dlhunicorn]

You cannot "diagnose" from poo pics (though they are helpful however it truly is not as simple as that.
@country:
http://www.heidihoefer.com/pages/birds/avian_blood_test.htm
"....Birds lack the enzyme which converts the bile pigment biliverdin into bilirubin. Birds with liver disease will therefore have excess levels of biliverdin. Biliverdin does not accumulate in tissues; it is rapidly excreted in the urine. Green/yellow urates represents biliverdin in the urine and can be loosely considered the bird equivalent of jaundice. Birds do not become "yellow" from jaundice like people or other small companion mammals...."
...HOWEVER... since your bird is on antibiotics and probably has not been eating correctly or has some degree of malabsorption from the stress I would not go jumping to conclusions.
I would clean out that area and move them even and try to find a way to discover if what you are seeing truly is "urine" originating from the bird (and which bird).

 

[Country4ever]

Thanks everyone,
What's curious about the cement being wet is that its not wet in the rest of the coup.....just under the roost. I was thinking either all the stressed birds were having wetter than normal excretia, or maybe all the poop is keeping the cement alot wetter. I have just never noticed it before....and I'm sure I would have.
The cement under the bedding in the rest of the coop is light gray. The cement under the roost is very dark, dark gray. And we even changed all the bedding right before the attack, when it was deep......and it wasn't dark then. Maybe the lighter amount of bedding just isn't absorbing as much of their nighttime pooping stuff.
I'll just keep my eye on it. It will be very curious if it changes back to light gray, after the stress of the attack is over.
I guess it might just be one of the mysteries of the universe! haha