Is this Normal Poo?

[4 Georgia Hens]

I have a black silkie 7wks old, who lives inside. Today she pooped this poop. Is this normal?

 

[centrarchid]

It is a little runnier than I like to see indicating bird not salvaging water from digestive tract. Producing such feces okay when eating lots of lush greens although you should not see sustained production of such feces on a feed based diet.

How does bird behave around water? Increased interest in it?

 

[4 Georgia Hens]

It is a little runnier than I like to see indicating bird not salvaging water from digestive tract. Producing such feces okay when eating lots of lush greens although you should not see sustained production of such feces on a feed based diet.

How does bird behave around water? Increased interest in it?

I think she drinks more than eats.... Do I need to feed her greens?

 

[centrarchid]

Drinking a lot is potentially a bad sign. When did bird get first exposure to ground or another bird that had exposure to ground? How does bird look and feel otherwise? Thin? Droopy wings?

Be thinking about coccidiodosis.

 

[4 Georgia Hens]

Drinking a lot is potentially a bad sign. When did bird get first exposure to ground or another bird that had exposure to ground? How does bird look and feel otherwise? Thin? Droopy wings?

Be thinking about coccidiodosis.

She is not thin, no droopy wings, active. She does eat tho. I guess she eats and drinks the same amount. I have seen NO signs of cocci!

 

[4 Georgia Hens]

I try to take her outside also.

 

[centrarchid]

I watch carefully when exposing to birds to new ground. Bringing them back and forth from outside to brooder can complicate some health issues. I thus go all out once it happens and keep them off we ground for a couple of weeks.

 

[4 Georgia Hens]

I just gave her food; she's eating it like a champ. When we got her, she was raised outside her whole life. She don't go outside all the time either. And when she does, she's ABSOLUTELY fine! I think it okay.

 

[centrarchid]

Make no assumptions about being raised outside for entire life giving immunity to pathogens that might occur in another area.

 

[kissezmychicken]

Personally, I don't see much to be too alarmed at.