Treatment for worms and coccidosis

[ed33935]

Pictures of droppings are always welcome. Dark green droppings are usually a sign of not eating much. Droppings can vary in color and consistency throughout the day.

these are today. It looks as though it’s becoming a little more formed and not quite as loose. Also, I see a little more brown in it than I had before.

 

[ed33935]

Pictures of droppings are always welcome. Dark green droppings are usually a sign of not eating much. Droppings can vary in color and consistency throughout the day.

I posted pics here. One of them was from when I took her outside for a little air. She acts quite normal does not seem sick at all other than the issue with a very soft poop.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

She has no symptoms of influenza

I'm not saying she has it. With no means to diagnose other than the symptoms you speak of, green feces isn't that common although color is subjective.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Well, in Florida with things still growning, it could be something she ate not getting digested properly. Do you give your birds appropriately sized grit? #3 grit for adult chickens.

 

[ed33935]

Well, in Florida with things still growning, it could be something she ate not getting digested properly. Do you give your birds appropriately sized grit? #3 grit for adult chickens.

Well I haven’t regularly,could you tell me about that? How do you feed it to them? I didn’t even know there were sizes of it. Ugh, So much I don’t know.

 

[Eggcessive]

Chickens can get grit out of their soil, but I always make it available to them by throwing some out on the ground inside the run and outside of it. They sell chick grit for birds under 12 weeks old, and adult granite grit for grown birds. It should always be in a separate container than food, or on the ground. A bag of it lasts a long time.

 

[ed33935]

Chickens can get grit out of their soil, but I always make it available to them by throwing some out on the ground inside the run and outside of it. They sell chick grit for birds under 12 weeks old, and adult granite grit for grown birds. It should always be in a separate container than food, or on the ground. A bag of it lasts a long time.

You know I’ve put it in my run and I never see them going to it. I have a small dish in Lucy’s pen now. Say, I’ve been feeding all my birds the 15% layer food, and that’s what Lucy is getting now. Do you think I should give her 20% instead?

 

[Eggcessive]

They may not eata lot of it if they are finding enough in their environment, but I always make sure that it is available. It used to only be sold in 50 pound bags, but now they are available in smaller ones for pretty much the same price, LOL. It does last a long time.

The poop is green because of bile excreted by the liver. If they are not eating a lot, the poop is darker green. The above poop is a little runny, but not that bad.

I usually feed 20% flock raiser or all flock feed, but when I have used layer feed, it is 16%. When you have birds who may no longer lay eggs, chicks and young pullets, or roosters and cockerels, they don’t need all of the calcium that layer feed has. So that is when 20% all flock is best. They like it better too. If using all flock I do keep a container of crushed oyster shell available for the layers, just like grit, in separate pans from feed.

 

[ed33935]

I posted pics here. One of them was from when I took her outside for a little air. She acts quite normal does not seem sick at all other than the issue with a very soft poop.

They may not eata lot of it if they are finding enough in their environment, but I always make sure that it is available. It used to only be sold in 50 pound bags, but now they are available in smaller ones for pretty much the same price, LOL. It does last a long time.

The poop is green because of bile excreted by the liver. If they are not eating a lot, the poop is darker green. The above poop is a little runny, but not that bad.

I usually feed 20% flock raiser or all flock feed, but when I have used layer feed, it is 16%. When you have birds who may no longer lay eggs, chicks and young pullets, or roosters and cockerels, they don’t need all of the calcium that layer feed has. So that is when 20% all flock is best. They like it better too. If using all flock I do keep a container of crushed oyster shell available for the layers, just like grit, in separate pans from feed.

Heres Here’s her poop this morning. Almost solid.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Primarily, for poultry, there are 4 sizes. #4 is for adult turkeys. Some call #1 grit, chick grit. The following chart gives the dimensions.
https://www.tccmaterials.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/CherryStoneOrderForm.pdf
#1 Chick grit is only for the first 3 weeks or so and #2, what I call adolescent grit is for up to about 2 months or so.
If the grit is too small, it won't lodge in the gizzard and just passes through with the ground foodstuffs into the intestines.
Most species of birds need grit because they don't have hands and teeth.
Food first goes into the crop where it gets moistened, then makes its way to the proventriculus, the true stomach. There it is mixed with acidic digestive juices; from there it goes into the gizzard (mechanical stomach) aided by the acidic environment, small stones lodged in there and the strong muscular contractions of the gizzard, ideally everything that enters is ground very finely before it hits the intestines. The more completely food is ground up, the more nutrition the small intestine can glean from it.
The acidic environment and constant grinding will eventually erode the insoluble grit and it will pass through and they need to replace it by consuming more. I'm sure they can feel when they need it.