Watery poo

[ChickenFairy]

Hello!

I’ve never had chickens before and I started off with 3 week old chicks.
My flock is now 4 months old and some just started laying, I don’t even know which ones yet.
One of my roosters is always trying to breed with 2 of my “top of the pecking order” hens.

Today I noticed that rooster has watery poop, it’s very slightly white to the watery part, and there’s a little brown turd that came out with it. Both hens that he’s trying to mate with, have watery stools.
I know what Cecal poop looks like, and it’s not that.
One hen had milky watery poop and the other just plopped a very big, loose stool that was watery at first.

It appears to me that these are the only 3 with this issue, they all seem fine. And the rest of my flock (12 others) seem just fine.

I tried adding 2 new birds yesterday, I took them out because everyone got too stressed out.

I also started feeding them a new food, it’s grains with peas and grit in it. No pellets. I slowly introduced them to that food, like I would for dogs eating new food. They have been eating just that for a week and I noticed the weird poop yesterday.

Is this something I need to worry about or just keep an eye on?
Could it be because of mating?
Could it be the new food?
Or stress possibly.

Any advice helps, thank you!

 

[ChickenFairy]

Also both of those hens that the rooster is trying to breed, they keep going into the coop and scratching around, like making a nest then coming out and making a bunch of different noises.
I don’t believe they laid eggs yet and I’m about to put them in a new coop that has nesting boxes.
What’s up with this??

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Photos of the poop?

Changes in feed, coming into lay, a cockerel (is he under a year old?) with raging hormones, introducing 2 new chickens - all or any of these are stressors which can affect the poop.

What type of "grit" is added to the feed? Is it crushed granite or oyster shells?
Sometimes a feed that has individual ingredients, birds will pick out the favorite parts and leave the rest, so they may be missing some nutrients.

It sounds like you have a couple of pullets that are coming into lay and they are just doing what they naturally do, make a nest - trying to find a comfy spot to lay eggs. Pullets coming into lay can be fun to watch and listen to.

You may also see a bit more upset by moving them to a new coop.
Give everyone time to get adjusted to the feed, their hormones, new chickens, etc.
If everyone is eating/drinking, active - then just watch them.