Milky/watery poop? (Pics)

[topochico225]

Hello!

I just noticed this odd poop on my patio. I have 3 8.5 month pullets, one RIR and two Cinnamon Queens. They get table scraps as well as their feed and whatever they get into while free ranging.

One of them got into about 1 tsp of melted butter today, so that may be the cause of this. They're all healthy, alert, bright-eyed, no obvious signs of worms, laying normally, except for one molting girl. What is this? Should I be concerned?

Thanks!

@Wyorp Rock @aart @casportpony @Eggcessive

 

[Weeg]

Looks like egg white to me. You often get poop like that when an egg breaks inside the hen, and now they are pooping out egg whites. Are any of your hens puffed up, looking uncomfortable, and knowing there new layers, have you been getting eggs yet, or do you know which hen could have played the egg that broke? It could be other things as well, I am not a professional with ID, but along with @casportpony the people you tagged will be able to help. Hope this helps!

 

[topochico225]

Looks like egg white to me. You often get poop like that when an egg breaks inside the hen, and now they are pooping out egg whites. Are any of your hens puffed up, looking uncomfortable, and knowing there new layers, have you been getting eggs yet, or do you know which hen could have played the egg that broke? It could be other things as well, I am not a professional with ID, but along with @casportpony the people you tagged will be able to help. Hope this helps!

Thanks for the reply! All the hens look fine, they've been laying since Sept. 29 very regularly, pretty much never missing a day. We got one egg today, but the other laying lady usually lays later in the day.

 

[topochico225]

Looks like egg white to me. You often get poop like that when an egg breaks inside the hen, and now they are pooping out egg whites. Are any of your hens puffed up, looking uncomfortable, and knowing there new layers, have you been getting eggs yet, or do you know which hen could have played the egg that broke? It could be other things as well, I am not a professional with ID, but along with @casportpony the people you tagged will be able to help. Hope this helps!

I was also confused because it's thinner and more opaque than egg white. I saw a post that said this could happen if they got stressed, but I've been outside with them all day and nothing's happened.

 

[Myrshine]

White poop can also be from a salmonella infection as well.

 

[aart]

One of them got into about 1 tsp of melted butter today

Why?

Not sure what that is, but not egg white.
I see it here once in a awhile, never been consistent so didn't worry about it.

 

[topochico225]

Why?

Not sure what that is, but not egg white.
I see it here once in a awhile, never been consistent so didn't worry about it.

My mom was eating toast, and there was some leftover butter left on her plate. The chickens were on the other side of the house, so she went inside briefly, but one of them ran over and drank the butter.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

If it's a one time thing, then I would just monitor for now. You don't report any off or odd behavior, everyone is acting normal.

The white is loose urates.