Straight watery/milky poop!!

[Stephlorraine]

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No. As long as they are behaving normally, antibiotics are not warranted. But the poop bears watching. If behavior changes, and the poop seems problematic, start a thread and we will advise.

Also, could it be a stress factor? Their poops seem more normal of a night time.

 

[azygous]

If it's been hot where you live, and the chickens are drinking a lot of water, that will cause the white watery poop.

 

[Stephlorraine]

If it's been hot where you live, and the chickens are drinking a lot of water, that will cause the white watery poop.

No it’s winter where I am at the moment. It’s been quite cold lately so, it’s a little confusing.

 

[azygous]

Any bacteria that would cause this type of poop would also make a chicken very obviously sick. If the poop persists in this form, then you might consider trying an antibiotic. Do you have any on hand?

 

[Stephlorraine]

Any bacteria that would cause this type of poop would also make a chicken very obviously sick. If the poop persists in this form, then you might consider trying an antibiotic. Do you have any on hand?

Yes I have oxymav and clauvulox. It’s been nearly a month that they’ve been pooping like this. I did start them on oxymav because I was thinking clearly there’s bacteria, but then stopped thinking maybe I was doing the wrong thing.

 

[-Chanticleer-]

If it's been hot where you live, and the chickens are drinking a lot of water, that will cause the white watery poop.

Agreed. During hot weather they may drink more instead of eat more and it’ll cause watery poops. I had the same thing happened and I feed some frozen treats and waited a few hours and the poop was back solid. It went watery again the next day but they had been guzzling water it was 90° out. All hens running around foraging and still acting fine.

 

[azygous]

Then continue the Oxymav. If this is a bacterial infection, you should see a marked improvement in the poop after 48 hours after starting it. That's how we will know that this is indeed an infection.

 

[Stephlorraine]

Then continue the Oxymav. If this is a bacterial infection, you should see a marked improvement in the poop after 48 hours after starting it. That's how we will know that this is indeed an infection.

I’ll start them back on it in the morning. It’s just so weird because they’re still laying and acting normal. Fingers crossed it clears it up!