Help please. Strange fleshy balls in droppings.

[BawkbawkB]

I found the strangest chicken poop I've ever seen today. The first few pictures were in the coop, under the roost bar. It appears to be small fleshy spheres in with a regular poo. Its not as thin as regular blood. I didnt think intestinal lining made spheres like this. Is this shedding, cocci, or something else?

The last picture I found in the run. The red substance does look more like blood. They just ate a big zucchini so perhaps that's why the accompanying poo is green?

Everyone appears to be acting normally; eating, drinking, movement.
6 hens are about 6 months old
6 hens are about 2.5 years old
All recently switched to layer feed since the youngest started laying eggs.

Thanks!

 

[nuthatched]

They could be underdeveloped yolks.

 

[BawkbawkB]

They could be underdeveloped yolks.

What would cause so many to come out?

 

[nuthatched]

What would cause so many to come out?

I'm not sure, stress, new layer cycle.

 

[Eggcessive]

There also is yellow urates in the poop which can be from liver problems usually related to reproductive infection, cancer, fatty liver disease or ascites (water belly.) Those red blobs look a bit like eggs that can be seen in the ovary. I may be off base though, since I am not a vet. In the picture below by casportpony you can see some similar red eggs in oviduct cancer:

Here is another picture of oviduct cancer:

 

[Eggcessive]

If you lose this hen, I would definitely get a necropsy through your state poultry vet lab. Sometimes a home necropsy can be helpful if you see the organs and take pictures ro post here. I am going to tag @Wyorp Rock in case she thinks the red blobs are blood clots or something like eggs. Here is a list of state vets to contact:
https://www.metzerfarms.com/poultry...L5h4Xt137GBu32pWJZSRUY5DYhQyVrd4ODmF-Ab8otocc

 

[BigBlueHen53]

 

[BawkbawkB]

There also is yellow urates in the poop which can be from liver problems usually related to reproductive infection, cancer, fatty liver disease or ascites (water belly.) Those red blobs look a bit like eggs that can be seen in the ovary. I may be off base though, since I am not a vet. In the picture below by casportpony you can see some similar red eggs in oviduct cancer:

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Here is another picture of oviduct cancer:
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The small balls do look like small undeveloped yolks...

Im assuming you're seeing yellow in the last photo? That could be from a different hen then the first few photos. The first pictures are from where the younger hens roost, so I have a good idea of who to watch. The last picture I am not sure.

 

[Eggcessive]

Yes, the yellow urates are in the 4th photo with blood in the dropping. The other droppings have normal white urates. I have done necropsies on several hens who had enlarged lower bellies below the vent. Urates were yellow in one with fatty liver disease, one had cancer, and a few just had water belly with nothing else obvious. Usually those are from reproductive problems. I’m really not that good with necropsies, but I have learned a lot from doing them.