Watery poop with green bits, possible molting? Hunger? Too hot?

[Knittyikitty99]

Hi all, I have a 1-year-old Salmon Faverolles hen. Recently, she started losing a lot of feathers. I know what molting looks like, and I know that hens sometimes molt sooner than 18 months. I’m just asking this because I have never seen this in any of our molting hens before.

So about three days ago I think, she pooped out some brightish green poop. I was a little worried, but she has been eating some greens recently so it could be that. I decided to keep an eye on her just in case. Other than the color, it looked normal. Yesterday, while watching her, she pooped out three watery poops with little green poop bits the same shade of green as last time (see pictures below - I’ve posted some close-ups of the green poop bits in the second and third poops). I’m a little worried about her, and I was wondering if this was normal? Could she be too hot? It has been usually up in the 80s but it did get into the 90s a few days ago, although I think that was before the green poop started. It rarely gets up to 100 or higher where we live, so I’m not too worried, but I did notice my black jersey giant was holding her wings up like she was hot yesterday as well.

I’m also worried that the salmon faverolles hen is hungry, as I’ve heard that hunger can cause green poop. She does seem to lack an appetite but is still eating and drinking. She never had the biggest appetite either, though, so I’m not too sure if she’s lacking or just not eating a lot. I also looked at the other poops other chickens had left, and they were greenish too, but not as bright as this one’s, and I’m assuming those are from all the greens they’ve been enjoying recently. There were some more watery poops though, so maybe it’s heat that’s causing this?

Besides the weird poop, the Faverolles hen seems fine. She’s still talking, walking around, eating and drinking. She might’ve lost her appetite but again, I don’t think she has ever had the biggest appetite in the world, so that might be normal, or she lost it because of the possible molt. I’m just worried about her poop and want to take her to a vet if anyone thinks it’s serious. Should we take her to a vet, wait, or try and keep her hydrated or something else?

 

[Lady of McCamley]

Looks normal to me. I'll post a poo chart below for comparison.

Yes, eating green stuff will make the poo greener. And yes, hot days will cause them to poo watery poo to cool off.

As to the Favorelle, watch her to see if she starts getting too skinny. My gut instinct would guess that in the mixed flock (since you say you have a Jersey Giant), she likely is at the bottom of the pecking order. Favorelles are very timid chickens, and she may be getting hazed away from the food. She may have learned it isn't hers to freely use if the others have been pushing her off. That may be why she isn't abundantly eating.

Or, she may not be feeling well. You should continue to monitor her behavior. If she is acting perky enough...then go back to the possible food hazing problem.

Good luck with her.

LofMc

Poo Chart
https://the-chicken-chick.com/whats-scoop-on-chicken-poop-digestive/