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Chirping
- Mar 12, 2024
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I have noticed what looks like a lot of intestinal lining shed in the droppings under my hens' roost this morning, as well as this weird green mess... One of my hens has been broody recently but spent last night on the roosting beam, so I would assume this stinky pile came from her, but the sort of grayish mucus on it is something I've never seen. I'm also finding "gooey" sticky and especially rancid smelling cecal poops with what seems like more frequency than normal this week... Are these irregularities something to be worried about, especially in combination? Do I have to treat for coccidia again?
I am concerned because I recently put some insulating materials in their coop and they ended up pecking at and eating some of the spray foam insulation sealant. Rookie mistake, but I have since covered the area they could access it. I freaked out when I realized they had eaten it because it seems like a pretty toxic substance, but it has been a few weeks now of monitoring their eating/drinking/crop clearing, energy and behavior, etc and I haven't noticed anything weird other than the increased number of sticky and stinky poops. I made sure they had especially easy access to water and grit right away.
The hens all seem healthy and normal aside from one, who has had a very pale and somewhat crusty comb for the past few weeks. She has recently come out of a pretty hard moult (it took some extra care and attention to keep her weight up during the worst of it) and has stopped laying altogether for the season, so I had chalked it up to that, but I am worried for her after seeing these.
I am concerned because I recently put some insulating materials in their coop and they ended up pecking at and eating some of the spray foam insulation sealant. Rookie mistake, but I have since covered the area they could access it. I freaked out when I realized they had eaten it because it seems like a pretty toxic substance, but it has been a few weeks now of monitoring their eating/drinking/crop clearing, energy and behavior, etc and I haven't noticed anything weird other than the increased number of sticky and stinky poops. I made sure they had especially easy access to water and grit right away.
The hens all seem healthy and normal aside from one, who has had a very pale and somewhat crusty comb for the past few weeks. She has recently come out of a pretty hard moult (it took some extra care and attention to keep her weight up during the worst of it) and has stopped laying altogether for the season, so I had chalked it up to that, but I am worried for her after seeing these.
