Grainy black bits in poop

[PippinChicken]

Ah the many joys of chickens... spending a good amount of time each day carefully looking at, poking, and taking pictures of their poop! Things they don’t tell you about when you get those first eggs or cute little fluff balls, eh? Following, because that’s also one of my primary forms of entertainment too now that I have chickens!

Yes, I try to do it behind or in the coop so my neighbors don't see. Same for when I catch them to take a look at their vent

 

[Kris5902]

Yes, I try to do it behind or in the coop so my neighbors don't see. Same for when I catch them to take a look at their vent

Chicken perverts! Look at them looking at those chicken butts... quick call the SPCA and report them!!!

 

[hmmcc123]

After spotting a worm in a pile of poop for the first time (they've now been treated with safeguard), I've been paying extra extra close attention to my chickens' poop. I've noticed a lot of black sort of grainy looking pieces mixed in, somewhere between the size of a strawberry seed and a grain of rice. Not all the poops have them, and the ones that do have them in varying degrees.

I can't find anything online that looks like this... Is it a normal thing that I never noticed before, or something more sinister? They've had no chance in diet and don't get any seed-looking treats.

Hello! I know this thread is a bit old but did you ever figure out why there were black pebbles in your chicken's stool? This morning while cleaning up chicken poop in the run, I ran across the same thing! This was a shaped poop with what looked like black pebbles sprinkled on top. It was warm still so it was pooped out while I was cleaning up. I wish I had taken a picture of it as it struck me strange. I will be looking for more like it.

 

[Birdiewi]

After spotting a worm in a pile of poop for the first time (they've now been treated with safeguard), I've been paying extra extra close attention to my chickens' poop. I've noticed a lot of black sort of grainy looking pieces mixed in, somewhere between the size of a strawberry seed and a grain of rice. Not all the poops have them, and the ones that do have them in varying degrees.

I can't find anything online that looks like this... Is it a normal thing that I never noticed before, or something more sinister? They've had no chance in diet and don't get any seed-looking treats.

Did you ever find out what the black bits were? I have 1 chicken with the same black bits!