This Isn't What It Looks Like, Right?? (I hope!) Poop Pic--WEIRD

[speckledhen]

I know this came out of Suede. Saw it in his poop, looked like a reddish cocoon, sort of torpedo shaped. The outside was a bit hard, not soft at all. Didn't take a pic before we cut it open, but did afterward. Only some clearish fluid came out of it, but no worm or anything else inside. Is this a piece of intestine or actually a cocoon? If cocoon, what on earth was in it?? ICK!

 

[BeccaB00]

oh gosh. thats not normal

ew. hope you find out what it is cause I know that I wanna know!!!

 

[EweSheep]

Did he get into something? Chickens are notorious for getting into anything that is not edible.

My first thought was tapeworm but now I am hmmmmmmmmmmmmm! A fluke worm?

 

[pgpoultry]

Was it really this lurid colour ?
I was thinking of intestinal cast, but it would not be purple!

Sandie

 

[speckledhen]

My camera has been making things look more blue than they are, especially when I don't use the flash, but the interior was white with the slightest bluish cast and the outside reminded me of the color of spaghetti, not actually bloody-looking, but more like orangey-red and crusty. I hope it's a piece of intestine-hate to think that there was an actual thing inside that is now living in his intestines! YUK! That group was wormed about two months ago.

 

[suebee]

That's the strangest thing I've ever seen. How is Suede acting now? I'd keep an eye on him and his poop for awhile. How old is he, Cyn?

 

[speckledhen]

He's over three and a half years old now. He seems perfectly fine. Acts normal.

 

[EweSheep]

If he didnt poop anymore out of him and it could have been a residesual of the worming but they didn't move on out until now. That would be possible.

If he acted fine and so forth, color is good, then I think he is fine too!

 

[dawg53]

He could be shedding a tapeworm or fluke. I had one of my hens shed what looked like almost a cooked flat piece of macaroni earlier this year, no sign of blood or guts on it though. I treated them with valbazen twice in one month. I recommend that you try and observe his poop for any further out of ordinary excretions.

 

[suzettex5]

I havent had any worm issues (yet

) but my first thought was it looked like undigested, fatty bacon. Any chance of that?