Watery poop

[Vicki B]

I have three chicks that are five weeks old. One of them has had watery poop for almost a week I’m putting some probiotics in the water and I did put a little bit of apple cider vinegar for 2 days. didn’t help. She seems normal eating good drinking good running around the other two chicks have normal poop I’m posting a picture does this look normal? I don’t see any worms. There is a piece of shaving in the pic in the poop. They are on medicated start and grow.

 

[azygous]

Are your chicks still under heat in a brooder? If so, that may be the reason for the watery poop. Overheating.

 

[Vicki B]

Are your chicks still under heat in a brooder? If so, that may be the reason for the watery poop. Overheating.

No but they are in my garage. It does not get above 80

 

[azygous]

Are they getting anything to eat such as squash and melon with high water content? Do the chicks seem to be panting and consuming a lot of water?

 

[Vicki B]

No all they get is start and grow. Only one has the problem. The other two are fine. They are not panting pr drinking excess.

 

[azygous]

If the chick seems healthy and normal, this may be its default poop setting. I had a chicken like that. When she was first brought home, it alarmed me how watery her poop was. I could hear it whenever she pooped - "splort!"

As she grew, her poop remained watery, but she seemed healthy enough. Fast forward eight years. Not a sick day in her life, and she continued to have watery poop until the day she died.

 

[Vicki B]

That makes me feel better.

 

[BuddingGardener]

If the chick seems healthy and normal, this may be its default poop setting. I had a chicken like that. When she was first brought home, it alarmed me how watery her poop was. I could hear it whenever she pooped - "splort!"

As she grew, her poop remained watery, but she seemed healthy enough. Fast forward eight years. Not a sick day in her life, and she continued to have watery poop until the day she died.

I was searching around for info on watery poop, and this thread made me feel so much better. I have a speckled sussex that eats fine (but seems to prefer scratching around), drinks a LOT, but she's super active. She has more watery poop than the other chicks, but otherwise, she seems fine. I'm a first time chicken mom so of course I'm worried.

But if this is true, maybe it's nothing. Good thing to note -- my Sussex chick is always the first to dart to my hand for food (I feed crumbled egg yolk as a treat) and she utterly demolishes it every time.

 

[azygous]

My chick with the watery poop was a Speckled Sussex. I wonder if the breed has a recessive gene for splorty poop.

 

[BuddingGardener]

My chick with the watery poop was a Speckled Sussex. I wonder if the breed has a recessive gene for splorty poop.

Now I'm EXTRA reassured, lol! Amazing! Thanks for sharing your experience. She's a wonderful little chick, I bet she'll be very happy when we move her outside in a few more weeks. She's probably our most vigorous scratcher in the brooder.