Diarrhea, no other symptoms, causes?

What veggies do you offer as treats? Certain ones contain alot of water, & may cause birds to have wet poops. Some examples are Lettuce, cabbage, & tomatoes.
Stuff like tomatoes, bell pepper, blueberries, banana. But they haven't been getting that much lately and that's something I've given to them for probably 5 months or so and never noticed anything like that before. But maybe it is different with cold weather vs warmer?
 
Stuff like tomatoes, bell pepper, blueberries, banana. But they haven't been getting that much lately and that's something I've given to them for probably 5 months or so and never noticed anything like that before. But maybe it is different with cold weather vs warmer?
It's not weather related.

How frequently over 5 months?

I'm thinking this is a nutritional imbalance issue. But we'll find out though.
 
It's not weather related.

How frequently over 5 months?

I'm thinking this is a nutritional imbalance issue. But we'll find out though.
Very regularly except as of lately like the past month or 2 or something like that just because I haven't had as much to give them. It isn't all of them though. They all eat the same thing and I believe 3 or them, at least 2, have not had any diarrhea issues.
 
Very regularly except as of lately like the past month or 2 or something like that just because I haven't had as much to give them. It isn't all of them though. They all eat the same thing and I believe 3 or them, at least 2, have not had any diarrhea issues.
Good thing they're getting less now. Certain things in veggies can also dilute the nutrients in their main feed if they get too much to frequently.

Some birds won't get affected as easily as others, each body is an individual.
 
Did you find a solution to your diarrhea problem? One of my hens has diarrhea similar to the pictures you posted. I've even taken her to the vet where she was negative for parasites and viruses so was put on antibiotics. She still has diarrhea. but it otherwise totally healthy and eating well.
 
Did you find a solution to your diarrhea problem? One of my hens has diarrhea similar to the pictures you posted. I've even taken her to the vet where she was negative for parasites and viruses so was put on antibiotics. She still has diarrhea. but it otherwise totally healthy and eating well.
No I still haven't figured it out. I did put diatomaceous earth in their feed which caused their eggs to be laid cleaner but just yesterday another one of them had diarrhea but it has been far less frequent. I think I'm also dealing with depluming mites... diarrhea might be a sign of stress or heat stress but none of those were even applicable to mine. I thought it was maybe the stress of the cold. I also cut them off of all treats and only give layer feed and oyster shell so I think that was a major helper.
 
No I still haven't figured it out. I did put diatomaceous earth in their feed which caused their eggs to be laid cleaner but just yesterday another one of them had diarrhea but it has been far less frequent. I think I'm also dealing with depluming mites... diarrhea might be a sign of stress or heat stress but none of those were even applicable to mine. I thought it was maybe the stress of the cold. I also cut them off of all treats and only give layer feed and oyster shell so I think that was a major helper.
I feel like we've been down the same path! I've treated for mites (she definitely had them), coccidia, even a yeast infection just in case. Her stool was negative for parasites so the vet put her on antibiotics with minimal change. She has some normal stools (but large!) then continues with some watery stool that looks like it has undigested grains in it. Also no treats here or extreme weather yet. She seems healthy though so I'm considering integrating with the flock although I'm nervous about it.
 

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