Poop Question

[kristinhennifer]

Does this look normal? It smells HORRIBLE. Doesn’t look my cecal. Chicks are 6 weeks old and on medicated food.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Does this look normal? It smells HORRIBLE. Doesn’t look my cecal. Chicks are 6 weeks old and on medicated food.

Do they have "normal" formed poop with a bit of white in it too?

It looks somewhat like Cecal poop which is very stinky.

How are the chicks acting?

Medicated feed is all they are eating or are you giving other foods/treats and/or do they roam the backyard/forage?

 

[Eggcessive]

Chick poop starts to smell pretty strong at that age, but that doesn’t look that bad. Usually I would be concerned if poop becomes runny with yellow mucus or liquid, or any blood. If any are acting lethargic or are hunched up and not eating, you could get some Corid at your feed store cattle aisle, and treat for possible coccidiosis. Dosage is 2 tsp of the liquid or @.5 tsp of the powder per gallon of water for 5 days.

 

[kristinhennifer]

Do they have "normal" formed poop with a bit of white in it too?

It looks somewhat like Cecal poop which is very stinky.

How are the chicks acting?

Medicated feed is all they are eating or are you giving other foods/treats and/or do they roam the backyard/forage?

Some of my chicks are sneezing and kind of sound congested, but they are acting fine. They are in their chicken run during the day and in the garage at night for a couple more days until the weather gets to a better temperature so they have access to the grass, but they are not getting treats . I have seen cecal poop in the Bruder, but this is definitely not the same and it’s a smell that fills the garage

 

[kristinhennifer]

Chick poop starts to smell pretty strong at that age, but that doesn’t look that bad. Usually I would be concerned if poop becomes runny with yellow mucus or liquid, or any blood. If any are acting lethargic or are hunched up and not eating, you could get some Corid at your feed store cattle aisle, and treat for possible coccidiosis. Dosage is 2 tsp of the liquid or @.5 tsp of the powder per gallon of water for 5 days.

Thank you. What about poop that almost looks like black tar? The consistency of cecal but almost black.

 

[kristinhennifer]

Thank you. What about poop that almost looks like black tar? The consistency of cecal but almost black.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Some of my chicks are sneezing and kind of sound congested, but they are acting fine. They are in their chicken run during the day and in the garage at night for a couple more days until the weather gets to a better temperature so they have access to the grass, but they are not getting treats . I have seen cecal poop in the Bruder, but this is definitely not the same and it’s a smell that fills the garage

Thank you. What about poop that almost looks like black tar? The consistency of cecal but almost black.

Do you have ash in the run or what is the color of the dirt in the run?

Cecal poop can be from very light color to black, a lot depends on what they are eating.

If they are all acting fine, then I'd just monitor them for now. Make sure they are eating a nutritionally balanced chick starter and drinking well. Be sure to provide Poultry Grit (Crushed Granite) free choice for them as well.