foul smelling light stool

[castrbl]

Fix it? Probably not, though it would help going forward in maintaining a healthy digestive system. Sounds like she has some sort of diarrhea so something she ate isn't agreeing with her. Since you mentioned fruit can sometimes give her weird poops I'd lay off fruit for now.

whats a good grit that isnt oyster shell?

 

[rosemarythyme]

Granite is what's usually available for grit. Oyster shell is not the same and and is not a suitable substitute.

 

[Mimi13]

whats a good grit that isnt oyster shell?

Grit and oyster shell are two completely different things.

Grit can be anything from sand to small rocks that a chicken eats to help with digestion. The grit is stored in the gizzard, the muscle that uses the grit to grind up the food a chicken has eaten. Once the grit is ground down fine it is flushed out of the system as more is ingested. Normally a free range chicken will source its own grit. A confined bird needs to be given grit.

Oyster shell is a source of calcium that female chickens, pullets and hens, use when they begin laying. If they do not receive additional calcium from an outside source the chicken will pull calcium from its body (bones) to help make the egg shells which is very detrimental to the bird. There is no outside source of calcium a bird can obtain on its own. This must be provided.

 

[castrbl]

Grit and oyster shell are two completely different things.

Grit can be anything from sand to small rocks that a chicken eats to help with digestion. The grit is stored in the gizzard, the muscle that uses the grit to grind up the food a chicken has eaten. Once the grit is ground down fine it is flushed out of the system as more is ingested. Normally a free range chicken will source its own grit. A confined bird needs to be given grit.

Oyster shell is a source of calcium that female chickens, pullets and hens, use when they begin laying. If they do not receive additional calcium from an outside source the chicken will pull calcium from its body (bones) to help make the egg shells which is very detrimental to the bird. There is no outside source of calcium a bird can obtain on its own. This must be provided.

ooh okay. i had seen some grit in a pet store all of it was made of oyster shell so i thought that was just the basic grit. thank you!

 

[castrbl]

update! i held her off of snacks all day and the diarrhea is slowly clearing up

 

[rosemarythyme]

Keep off the snacks for a while. Diarrhea can take some times to pass so anything new you feed her could upset things again.