cochins have Diarrhea....help!!!

[chicken head34]

my bantam cochins have diarrhea, its light brown in color...I feed them chick starter, there 10 weeks old. Is it what im feeding them? they dont act different.

 

[DTRM30]

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

May be nothing to worry about - the range of "normal" is huge. Check out the link above - it has lots of photos of "normal" poo

If it has blood in it - then they may have cocci - though cocci doesn't always present as bloody poops. Are they acting normally ? eating and drinking well ? Any runny eyes or noses ?

Could also be - if it's hot out and they're drinking a lot of water to stay hydrated - they'll have runnier poop - kinda like when people drink a lot and then have to pee a lot .... chickens' pee and poop is all one and the same. They don't really pee -

 

[chicken head34]

they do drink alot, and it is hot! i guess thats it! thanx for the help! there acting completly normal....thanx!!!

 

[chicken head34]

they do drink alot, and it is hot! i guess thats it! thanx for the help! there acting completly normal....thanx!!!

 

[easttxchick]

I agree with DTRM-mine have been drinking a LOT of water in the heat and it seems to be making looser poo than normal.
Unless something else comes up that makes you think there is something wrong-don't worry.