Chicken Memorials

[HENthusiastic]

Hi.

Henrietta has got tiny crown and tiny wattles, but she is doing some poos which look like ones that they do just before coming into lay. I dont know what to think. Could she about to come into lay even though she has such tiny crown? Or is she too young to lay and really the poos mean she is ill? She seems fine. Shes energetic and eating well. She's actually bigger than Anita, who has full grown crown and wattles (and who I think started laying last week).

I saw her do too poos in a row today. One was pure yellow, like custard. The other one was like a proper poo with yellow custardy stuff with it.

Thanks in advance for any words of wisdom!

[chelsea]

if she's energetic and eating well she doesnt sound like she's ill.

 

Does she squat when you approach her/lay your hand above her?

 

Comb size does vary (my cochins have tiny combs) but the comb and wattles are bright red which is a good sign of laying

 

hopefully you will get one soon

[Egluntyne]

Could it have been one of those chip shop curry sauce poos which they do one in ten.

 

Just clearing out their caecum.

 

Nowt to worry about if it is that.

[Eyren]

Sounds like one of those to me - the other day, one of mine did one whilst perching on top of the pekins' ark

[Egluntyne]

At least it wasn't on your shoulder.

[HENthusiastic]

Thanks for the advice. Im hoping it was a chip shop poo! Its hard to know how many of these I should find between 3 girls. Maybe I will have to count poos, divide them by ten and hey presto! I will know how many should be curry sauce!

I have had my girls just ove a week and havent been pooed on yet! I know its got to happen though! Just hope it aint a curried one!

[HENthusiastic]

Although shes big, I dont think she's ready to lay. Her crown and wattles are tiny and not red yet and she doesn't squat when I go near her..... she squarks and runs off in a panic (she is a tad dramatic!) I guess it was just curry poos. Strange question but how roughly how many curry poos should I be finding a day for three girls??

[Egluntyne]

It is one curry poo in ten.

 

That doesn't really answer the question though .

 

A fair bit I would say.

[Sarah B]

On the subject of poo AGAIN I'm used to the chip shop curry sauce ones now and they don't usually seem to be that obnoxious in niff, (they are on garlic powder), but I have now had 3 normal looking poos in 2 weeks that really stink?

 

One was done in the run tonight - PEN and INK

 

What is this stinky odd poo that looks normal? Even the poo trowel went rustier

[Egluntyne]

Something she had eaten maybe? A slug or two?

[Sarah B]

Something she had eaten maybe? A slug or two?

 

I am not at home in the day so have no idea what they get in the run but wouldnt imagine they get a slug in? It's a putrid smell like cat runs

[HENthusiastic]

My girls have taken to sitting ........ and therefore pooing ....... on the roof of their hen house! Very mucky and hard to get off! Cant scrub at it or all the grainy bits of roofing will come off! I'm less worried about the curry poos now. I think all is normal in my world of chicken poo. Thanks everybody.