Hi all,
Our EE chick, Fatima, is almost 3 weeks old. Since she arrived at 1 day old her droppings have been different than the rest, almost all the time. As she seems otherwise fine, I was trying not to worry, but it got the best of me today: what do you all think?????
Most of the time she passes a lot of CLEAR LIQUID with smaller green/brown poops that hold their form within it. Not diarrhea. I have seen her pass normal droppings maybe twice in almost 3 weeks, and seen LOTS of these water-poops.
This chick is acting fine, and always has. She seems to eat normally (especially if mealworms are offered! And yes they get grit with the mealworms) and drinks OK (maybe not quite as much as the others.) They have AviaCharge 2000 in their water now because of the runty chick we adopted, so I feel fairly certain that she's getting nutrients.
From the start, this EE and her "sister" EE have been the lightest of the 5 chicks, and Fatima is the lightest, but not by a shocking amount compared to her "sister" and the lone RIR.
I know that watery clear droppings usually indicate that she's not processing her food well, but since she's been growing just fine I wasn't too concerned. My daughter seems to think that one of our chicks last year had the same thing, although I don't recall it.
I also read on dlhunicorn's poop page that it can be caused by stress, so I put it down to that for a while. This chick, though, is the least bothered by anything. She is extremely curious and overtly friendly, flying onto your hand if you hold it in the brooder. Doesn't seem like the nervous type!
The only thing I have noticed out of the ordinary is that she likes to eat the shavings that get kicked into the waterer (after they are soaked). I have raised the waterer and change the water twice a day or more but I can't keep every shaving out of there.
I also bought some new feed just to be sure that the old stuff wasn't stale or something... so I am pretty sure that the feed is OK.
Do you think I should be concerned? I don't know what I could really be doing differently, but I am open to all suggestions!!
Our EE chick, Fatima, is almost 3 weeks old. Since she arrived at 1 day old her droppings have been different than the rest, almost all the time. As she seems otherwise fine, I was trying not to worry, but it got the best of me today: what do you all think?????
Most of the time she passes a lot of CLEAR LIQUID with smaller green/brown poops that hold their form within it. Not diarrhea. I have seen her pass normal droppings maybe twice in almost 3 weeks, and seen LOTS of these water-poops.
This chick is acting fine, and always has. She seems to eat normally (especially if mealworms are offered! And yes they get grit with the mealworms) and drinks OK (maybe not quite as much as the others.) They have AviaCharge 2000 in their water now because of the runty chick we adopted, so I feel fairly certain that she's getting nutrients.
From the start, this EE and her "sister" EE have been the lightest of the 5 chicks, and Fatima is the lightest, but not by a shocking amount compared to her "sister" and the lone RIR.
I know that watery clear droppings usually indicate that she's not processing her food well, but since she's been growing just fine I wasn't too concerned. My daughter seems to think that one of our chicks last year had the same thing, although I don't recall it.
I also read on dlhunicorn's poop page that it can be caused by stress, so I put it down to that for a while. This chick, though, is the least bothered by anything. She is extremely curious and overtly friendly, flying onto your hand if you hold it in the brooder. Doesn't seem like the nervous type!
The only thing I have noticed out of the ordinary is that she likes to eat the shavings that get kicked into the waterer (after they are soaked). I have raised the waterer and change the water twice a day or more but I can't keep every shaving out of there.
I also bought some new feed just to be sure that the old stuff wasn't stale or something... so I am pretty sure that the feed is OK.
Do you think I should be concerned? I don't know what I could really be doing differently, but I am open to all suggestions!!
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