Help! Chickens are pooping black runny poop!

[Kareemsal1]

So I let my new 6 month old chickens outside into the grassy run for the first time and now they’re having watery black poop! Any remedies?

 

[Sally PB]

I see pieces of grass in the poop. I think they are probably eating a lot of something new and getting diarrhea. The first time I gave my chickens a cucumber, they did the same thing. If they've never had grass before, it may take a couple days for them to get used to it.

I am assuming that the grass is NOT treated with any fertilizers/weed killers/fungicides? If it is, that could be cause for alarm.

Do they have regular feed too? Are they acting ok, otherwise? If so, I think I would just keep an eye out for changes and let them enjoy the grass.

More knowledgeable people please chime in!

 

[Wyorp Rock]

So I let my new 6 month old chickens outside into the grassy run for the first time and now they’re having watery black poop! Any remedies?

Show photos of the run.

What else is in that...grass?
What color is your soil?

Any other symptoms besides the poop?

 

[Kareemsal1]

I see pieces of grass in the poop. I think they are probably eating a lot of something new and getting diarrhea. The first time I gave my chickens a cucumber, they did the same thing. If they've never had grass before, it may take a couple days for them to get used to it.

I am assuming that the grass is NOT treated with any fertilizers/weed killers/fungicides? If it is, that could be cause for alarm.

Do they have regular feed too? Are they acting ok, otherwise? If so, I think I would just keep an eye out for changes and let them enjoy the grass.

More knowledgeable people please chime in!

They have natures organic chic feed inside, I also gave them pomegranate as a new snack. They seems fine, although they seem to bully one particular chicken but that’s about it

 

[Kareemsal1]

Show photos of the run.

What else is in that...grass?
What color is your soil?

Any other symptoms besides the poop?

 

[Kareemsal1]

Show photos of the run.

What else is in that...grass?
What color is your soil?

Any other symptoms besides the poop?

 

[Wyorp Rock]

So I let my new 6 month old chickens outside into the grassy run for the first time and now they’re having watery black poop! Any remedies?

Chickens eat dirt. The poop is from them eating the dirt, they should be fine.

 

[Kareemsal1]

they all just went back inside the coop for the day

 

[Nigel27]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...r-with-deep-litter-method.643302/post-8671716
Any burn piles around? They’ll eat charcoal but it’s not bad for them.

 

[Tonyroo]

Make sure there getting grit or put them in a place that has small pebbly sand area in your yard.