no photos.. but.. red in poo?

[kerriliane]

one of my hens has what looks like a salmon coloured run in her poo.. theres always brown in her poo.. but today was what looked like a 2" long piece of twine in it.. but it was poo for sure..
I just dont get it!
also - 2 or 3 piles of yellowy diarrhea...

What can cause it.. and other than dustin the coop & food with DE... what can I do about it?
THanks!!

I've gone from 22 chickens & ten eggs a day to 30 chickens and 5 eggs a day....
was getting 10-11 eggs a day, then one chicken died in a nest box and from that day on have gotten 5 eggs a day..

So those are normal? .. the two photos are NOT from my chooks.. but that's what i'm getting!

 

[Imp]

Could be just a bit of shed intestinal lining. Are you sure it was not blood? Look anything like these:

http://www.chat.allotment.org.uk/index.php?topic=17568.0

Imp

ETA- This time of year chickens molt and it gets darker. Both can slow down laying.