Who would've thought that I would be inspecting poop on a daily basis?! When I first started with some chicks more than 2 years ago, I wore rubber gloves to pick up each piece of poop from their brooder. Now, I'm resigned to consider poop a cosmetic, since it's often smeared on my face and no one even bothers to tell me anymore.
So let me reiterate for any beginner reading this: check the poop! You can learn a great deal about the health of your flock by simply turning your gaze downwards each time you're out in their coop and run. Learning about normal poops can give you the edge in catching a disease or other health issue before it's too late.
Now, I know that since most of us do check poop, we have a pretty good idea of what normal poop looks like. But I strongly suspect that no one here has seen The Perfect Poop before. I'm honoured that it was one of my chickens that reached this milestone of poopdom. You'll probably all be overcome with jealousy, but I assure you, your chickens can do it too! The coveted Perfect Poop is within their grasp! The trick is to find it. Maybe your chickens have created such a masterpiece in the past, but lack of attention resulted in you or another chicken trampling it before it was discovered. So once again, I urge you to check the poop!
Without further ado, I bring to your amazed eyes, the soft-serve ice-cream of excrement, The Perfect Poop:
Ta-Da!!!
And in case anyone found this searching for some USEFUL information, here are the two major poop pages:
http://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?topic=17568.0
http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/2012/02/whats-scoop-on-chicken-poop-digestive.html
So let me reiterate for any beginner reading this: check the poop! You can learn a great deal about the health of your flock by simply turning your gaze downwards each time you're out in their coop and run. Learning about normal poops can give you the edge in catching a disease or other health issue before it's too late.
Now, I know that since most of us do check poop, we have a pretty good idea of what normal poop looks like. But I strongly suspect that no one here has seen The Perfect Poop before. I'm honoured that it was one of my chickens that reached this milestone of poopdom. You'll probably all be overcome with jealousy, but I assure you, your chickens can do it too! The coveted Perfect Poop is within their grasp! The trick is to find it. Maybe your chickens have created such a masterpiece in the past, but lack of attention resulted in you or another chicken trampling it before it was discovered. So once again, I urge you to check the poop!
Without further ado, I bring to your amazed eyes, the soft-serve ice-cream of excrement, The Perfect Poop:
Ta-Da!!!
And in case anyone found this searching for some USEFUL information, here are the two major poop pages:
http://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?topic=17568.0
http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/2012/02/whats-scoop-on-chicken-poop-digestive.html
