Poop analysis

[Martaals]

Found these two poops in the coop today.
I have 3 days of chicken experience, so I figured I'd make pictures and see if anything similar shows up tomorrow. But you all are probably more familiar with what's unusual, perhaps you have some thoughts?

Number 1

Number 2

They are both a bit mixed in and dried out with the hemp, so it's hard to see if it was very liquid or not.

One of the birds seemed perhaps a little mellow, but hard to say as I don't know them very well yet. They are currently getting preventive deworming in their drinking water, as adviced by the guy who sold the chickens. I was also thinking to ask his advice, but he only opens tomorrow.

 

[Oolala]

I have no idea, never seen poop like this before but there is a chart of chicken poop if you Google it, sorry I cannot be more helpful

 

[Eggcessive]

How old are the chickens? The first one looks like a cecal dropping with a little questionable reddish orange, and the second looks like a lot of intestinal shed or bloody lining. What wormer are you using? I would think about worming with Valbazen or SafeGuard in case of more serious worms. It might be a good idea to treat as well for possible coccidiosis. If you cannget some droppings checked with a fecal float by a vet, that would tell you what type of worms if any, and rule out coccidiosis. Cecal droppings are the occasional droppings that originate in the 2 ceca (the pouches between the small and the large intestines.)

 

[dawg53]

It's definitely shed intestinal lining, which can be normal on occasion. Or, if it's frequent or in quantity such as in your photos, is either caused by coccidiosis or capillary worms.
A coccidiostat will be needed to treat your birds and a wormer such as Flubendazole, Fenbendazole or Albendazole, if available in your country, will treat most types of worms including capillary worms. As recommended by @Eggcessive, submitting a fecal sample to include shed intestinal lining to a vet for a look under a microscope will help diagnose exactly what your birds have.

 

[Martaals]

Hmm, they didn't poop like this again in the night but I will look out for if there are more poops like this throughout the day, and try to collect a sample. The ones on the pictures I unfortunately threw away, thinking that if it was anything abnormal it would reoccur.

The deworming is just called "liquid deworming", from the ingredient list it contains levamizole HCL 2,5%. As I bought it along with the chickens that's not something you need a prescription for, so perhaps they need something more effective.

The chickens are 14 weeks old.

Thanks for your advice @Eggcessive and @dawg53 it's good to know it's something worth paying attention to, and not just me being paranoid about completely regular poop. If I find this again I will collect samples and have them checked.

All the chickens are eating and drinking. One is perhaps a little more shy than the others, and a bit slower to get out for breakfast, but maybe just because the other two are getting very social and at home, and she needs another couple of days?

Is there anything other than the poop I should especially be on the lookout for? In the case of worms and coccidiosis, will she still be eating and drinking?

@Oolala thanks for the tip, i tried searching and found some pages with pictures. But I feel a little inadequate and I'm always afraid to just go on the internet and realise that probably I have cancer and so on

 

[Oolala]

Hmm, they didn't poop like this again in the night but I will look out for if there are more poops like this throughout the day, and try to collect a sample. The ones on the pictures I unfortunately threw away, thinking that if it was anything abnormal it would reoccur.

The deworming is just called "liquid deworming", from the ingredient list it contains levamizole HCL 2,5%. As I bought it along with the chickens that's not something you need a prescription for, so perhaps they need something more effective.

The chickens are 14 weeks old.

Thanks for your advice @Eggcessive and @dawg53 it's good to know it's something worth paying attention to, and not just me being paranoid about completely regular poop. If I find this again I will collect samples and have them checked.

All the chickens are eating and drinking. One is perhaps a little more shy than the others, and a bit slower to get out for breakfast, but maybe just because the other two are getting very social and at home, and she needs another couple of days?

Is there anything other than the poop I should especially be on the lookout for? In the case of worms and coccidiosis, will she still be eating and drinking?

@Oolala thanks for the tip, i tried searching and found some pages with pictures. But I feel a little inadequate and I'm always afraid to just go on the internet and realise that probably I have cancer and so on

I had a chicken once with Cocci, the poo is like liquid with grass in it and they tend to drink lots of water and sit by the water bowl all the time. I successfully treated her first time because I caught it early enough and took a sample to the vet, but unfortunately lost her the second time. I have to say backyard chickens has given me advice and helped me on numerous occasions thanks to all the support off everyone. There is nothing to beat experience.

 

[dawg53]

Levamisole is a very good wormer and it'll take care of capillary worms as well other types of worms. Hopefully your birds will drink enough of it to be effective. Then keep an eye on their feces and let us know if you see any intestinal lining after the worming.

 

[Martaals]

They all seem to be drinking regularly so hopefully they get enough! The instructions are to give it 2 days in a row, then 10 days later 2 days in a row again. Today they will get regular water, as it has now been 2 days, and in 10 days again. I will pursue with this treatment unless I see any more of the red stuff.

And I'll pay some extra attention to the hen that seemed a little mellow. She seems a little fresher today and I've seen her eat and drink and move around, but will keep a very close eye! They are all starting to relax and even enjoy a bit if we hold and pet them, rather as being all shaky like a couple of days ago.