Why the random diarrhea?

[ClickityChick123]

Hi everyone, I was wondering why my chickens have such random diarrhea. One day they'll have perfectly normal poops, the next, they all have diarrhea. Does anyone know why this might be happening?

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Hi everyone, I was wondering why my chickens have such random diarrhea. One day they'll have perfectly normal poops, the next, they all have diarrhea. Does anyone know why this might be happening?

Poop texture, color and consistency is often due to diet, how much the birds are drinking, weather, etc.

Is it diarrhea or Cecal poop that you are seeing, if you have photos, that may be helpful. Thanks!

 

[chooki]

What's your birds diet? Do you Chickens act normal and look healthy? Sometimes diarrhea could be the result of disease and illness, other times, it's just the result of irritated tummy, old age or simple just have drunk too much water.

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[Midnight Maran Momma]

Same here! I noticed one of my two year old hens having some this morning.There's no sign of blood (thankfully), and other than cecal poos, I haven't definitively seen this with any of my other (seven) hens. Mine all eat a 50/50 mix of Kalmbach All Flock crumbles and Kalmbach Henhouse Reserve, with a treat of mealworms in their toys (they kick them around and treats are dispersed) every 3-4 days. Food and water are available in the run full time, but only accessible from 6:30 am-7:40 pm (they're in their coop with no access overnight). Our coop is raised, and the covered run is wrapped with 1/4" hardware cloth with a buried skirt 18" deep & another 18" out from the edges of the run structure. Our weather in VA has been all over the place, bouncing from 40-85° over the last couple of weeks.
Sorry for the wordy post. I was trying to cover everything I could think of.