Runny poo from chicken

[tenaki]

Hi!

I've got 6 chooks, and one of them - a Silkie x Araucana cross - consistently gives really weird wet poos.

One of my brahmas also sometimes gives a weird wet one (the middle picture with the slightly more blackish poo is hers), but most of the time it's fine...

The Silkie x Araucana came together with 3 other chooks, and their poos are fine. Whereas hers has always been a bit dodgy. The 2 brahmas came together, and in a similar manner, one of them has always had the wetter poo, whereas the other one's is fine.

The only thing I could think of, is that both chooks are - apparently - about 5-7 months old. Whereas all the others are - apparently - 8 months+ Do younger chooks have more watery poo or something? Or should I be looking to do a worming thing?


In terms of feed, I'm giving them this stuff: https://www.petbarn.com.au/peckish-performance-poultry-layer-mix-18kg
They also get to free range a bit on compacted sand and garden beds so I'm sure they're getting other things like insects and grass and things.
All the chooks behave in similar ways. They eat, they drink, they run around and act cute.

Thank you

 

[Hanathehappyhen]

They just look like normal cecal poops. It’s no reason to worry, and completely ordinary for any age

 

[tenaki]

Hi!
Oh that's good news then.
But how come people tend to say that runny poo is a potential sign of worms?

 

[Hanathehappyhen]

Hi!
Oh that's good news then.
But how come people tend to say that runny poo is a potential sign of worms?

Runny poop can be a sign of worms, but it typically looks different from cecal poop. Cecal poop is glossy. (A good way to tell if what you have is cecal poop is the stink, some worm infested poop might smell, but cecal poop stinks.) A little gross, but you can look at this article about chicken poop https://the-chicken-chick.com/whats-scoop-on-chicken-poop-digestive/, lots of good pictures to compare to.

 

[tenaki]

Ok, I get it now. Glossy stinky poop is fine. And those pictures...... Oh geez. lol

Thank you!