Pullet has a poo problem

[gritsar]

One of my 8 month old pullets has a poo problem. She has a bowel movement every time she lays an egg. Her eggs are good sized and beautiful in every way, except for the poo on em. She's been laying about 6 weeks.

I understand the mechanism of how a chicken lays an egg from the same orifice that she poops from without the eggs getting covered in poo - basically, the poo chute is closed off by the passage of the egg - so I have to wonder. Is this somethng that's likely to get better as she gets older? Or is she likely to always have this problem?

 

[Ridgerunner]

I had one that did that. No real poo in the nest, just a small deposit on practically every egg she laid. I don't understand the mechanics of how it happened, but it did.

You know how bloodthirsty and ruthless I am and when one gives me a reason to pick her when my crock pot gets empty, but I did give her several months. She never quit doo-dooing it.

 

[gritsar]

Thanks Ridge. Of course you know my crock pot is going to stay empty, but I appreciate your input

 

[HorseFeatherz NV]

She must have a......a.....weak pooper-stopper muscle OR she just wants you to know for sure which eggs are hers.

 

[gritsar]

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I was afraid to say it. Glad you did!

 

[gryeyes]

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I was afraid to say it. Glad you did!

Oh, thank you both, I just got coffee up my nose. That part wasn't so great, but the laugh that produced it was wonderful!

 

[gritsar]

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I was afraid to say it. Glad you did!

Oh, thank you both, I just got coffee up my nose. That part wasn't so great, but the laugh that produced it was wonderful!

*Points at Horsey...it's all her fault!*

 

[HorseFeatherz NV]

Moi?

Was not sure if I could *say* the sph***ter muscle word on BYC - still not sure if I can

 

[gritsar]

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Oh why use some stuffy ol' word like sphincter (there! I *said* it!

) when pooper-stopper is much more fun

 

[HorseFeatherz NV]