poop help, please

[birdydanana]

Hi everyone,
I'm new here and this is my first post.

I am a new chicken keeper and have just started up with my first flock. Everything seems to be going swimmingly.

A little background info...I have 14 easter eggers, 10 cinnamon queens and 6 rhode island reds, all 10 1/2 weeks old from the same local hatchery. Their diet is Kraemer feeds organic starter grower, a bit of Scratch and Peck organic starter grower, some mealworms once in a while, and they get fresh veggies daily, mostly greens (kale, spinach, collards, etc) usually in the morning, and they did get 1/2 a pumpkin about 4 days ago, and whatever bugs they find themselves in their run. They also have a sand pit to dig and scratch and eat for grit. Their coop has hay, it is turned daily and removed and replaced weekly. Their water is cleaned and changed daily, too.

There were some suspect droppings in my coop now 3 mornings in a row that look abnormal to me. I am not finding any pictures like what I am finding in my coop. Based on the amount, it looks like it's only coming from 1 chick.

The suspect droppings were in the same corner of the coop the first 2 mornings , and a little further down this morning.

Thanks!
Melissa

 

[Kiki]

Welcome to BYC!
are you talking about the yellowish poo?

 

[birdydanana]

Yes, the yellow where the white urates usually are. I guess you could say the yellow urates

 

[chickens really]

That's a big array of feeds mixed in .......anything other than chick starter should only be 5% of daily ration.....

Sounds like the yellow poop is from the corn in the diet.......


Cheers......

 

[birdydanana]

Thanks!

I am hoping it's food related, but trying to be proactive in case it's not. Since yesterday was the second day I saw the yellow, I cut out all extras except the Kreamer feed to see if that helps.

Just to clarify, they are not getting a lot of extras, only 1 bunch of greens between the 30 chicks per day, or a small handful mealworms, etc. They don't get a lot of extras every day, just one snack to keep them busy for a few minutes

Thanks again!

 

[chickens really]

Thanks!

I am hoping it's food related, but trying to be proactive in case it's not. Since yesterday was the second day I saw the yellow, I cut out all extras except the Kreamer feed to see if that helps.

Just to clarify, they are not getting a lot of extras, only 1 bunch of greens between the 30 chicks per day, or a small handful mealworms, etc. They don't get a lot of extras every day, just one snack to keep them busy for a few minutes

Thanks again!

Sorry if I crossed some line?

If feeding treats daily? ........not proper feeding for Chicks/Chickens......
Anyways......Sorry.......



Cheers....

 

[birdydanana]

Hi!!

No not at all, I was just clarifying what I wrote! I appreciate your input

Also, I was just thinking, they have been on an organic feed with corn in it since they were 2 days old, and this was the first time I have seen anything like that.

 

[chickens really]

Ok......scratch has corn also.....
Chickens are as easy or as complicated as we make make them......yellow poop, highly lightly its corn related....


Cheers!

 

[birdydanana]

Haha! That's so true!

They don't get any scratch. But now I see where some of the confusion is! We are feeding the brand 'scratch and peck' which is an organic, non gmo, corn free, soy free starter grower blend, that we are mixing into the kraemer feed. We are trying to get corn and soy out of their diet.

Thanks again for all your time today!

 

[chickens really]

Lol.....yep.....I'm Canadian and that brand is not here....lol.......Confusion for sure......

Anyways, oops!

Cheers!!