Redish poo

[moodlymoo]

Someone in my flock has reddish poo, I dont know who and nobody acts sick. They have been free ranging for a while and I gave them some pumpkin the other day, crickets from the pet store, and meal worms. Would a dose of sulmet in the water possibly help knock this out?

 

[RhodeIslandRedFan]

I wouldn't treat with antibiotics unless I knew my chickens had a bacterial infection and I knew which antibiotic was the right one for their particular infection. Could be their poop is perfectly normal. While they free range could they have eaten some berries or something else that could have colored their droppings? Could also be shed intestinal lining, which is perfectly normal. Have you compared their poop to the pictures in the poop chart? http://www.chat.allotment.org.uk/index.php?topic=17568.0

 

[dawg53]

It could be shed intestinal lining. Here's the poop chart to take a look at:
http://www.chat.allotment.org.uk/index.php?topic=17568.0