Green poop?

[Angie09]

Hi, I have a two days old baby chick and so far he has pooped three times, and all three times his poops has been green. Is that normal?

 

[SmiYa0126]

Chick needs to eat, do you have food out for it?

 

[Ridgerunner]

It's not something I'd be worried about. At two days it is probably mostly living on the yolk it absorbed before hatch. It may take a bit for its system to get up to speed. But it is time to get it some real food.

Is it eating? If so, what.

 

[Angie09]

Chick needs to eat, do you have food out for it?

Yes, I give him food and makes sure he has enough and checks on him frequently. He seems to be eating perfectly good too

 

[Angie09]

It's not something I'd be worried about. At two days it is probably mostly living on the yolk it absorbed before hatch. It may take a bit for its system to get up to speed. But it is time to get it some real food.

Is it eating? If so, what.

I fed him some eggs for the first day and half before moving onto some medicated chick starter grower

 

[Tonyroo]

It's normal for baby chicks during there 3 day period. Make sure to have there chick feed available for them. If the crumbles seems large, put some in a plastic bag and use a hammer to smash to make it smaller.

 

[Ridgerunner]

I fed him some eggs for the first day and half before moving onto some medicated chick starter grower

Sounds good to me. One time I thought my flock was pooping pure blood, the poop was red. Then I remembered I had fed them a lot of beet skins I had from canning beets. Feeding them red cabbage can give the poop a blue color, sort of a fluorescent blue sheen. I wonder if those egg yolks could have colored the poop green?

Probably not, I've seen some strange colors in a chick's poop shortly after hatch. I don't see that you have anything to worry about. I also consider it a good question. No need to worry needlessly.