Giant poop?

[vermontgal]

This AM in the coop there was a giant poop. My gals are 17-18 weeks old and typically their poops are as big around as a Bic pen. This AM, there was a poop as big around as a thick magic marker. The color was normal, with a white head on it.

Is this normal? It looks just like the other poops, just BIG.

They get various table scraps, including recently some cooked squash seeds with a little butter. How long does it take something to go through a chicken?

 

[s6bee]

Uh yea, chickens can poop pretty big!

 

[cheeptrick]

Yep VERY normal...sounds like she felt much better afterward! LOL She'll have phases of POOP...cecal, big, HUGE, small, watery. ONLY stress when she isn't acting right or bloody...they usually have a BIG poop when they are broody. BUT since she is so young...she might just be nearing laying age.

I love these poop threads!

 

[BJ]

My bantam once pooped as big as an egg! I couldn't believe my eyes when she did it! (thanks for understanding, because this kinda talk isn't normal outside of this forum!!)

 

[mom4morecritters]

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[Jenski]

Sounds like they are growing up. Eventually all your girls will be grown and you will be shoveling huge droppings from the coop/run on a regular basis . . . and you will think fondly back to the days of cute little baby poops.

Treasure the moments while you can. They don't stay young forever.

 

[trishok8]

Big yes--smelly OH YA!