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[sti chick]

Had my hens for 1 week and they have seemed to settle nicely now. But a few of them are doing runny poohs its like a big brown splat on the floor ........nothing like pooh the other girls are doing. Started them on the worming stuff yesterday Flubervent (sp). They all seem perfectly well in themselves i have also given them a little poultry spice. They are 18 weeks old now and we have been feeding them on layers mash with a handfull of corn as a treat but we did give a few dried mealworm as a treat instead one day. keeping treats to minimum as advised to do so until they start to lay (just one treat per day).

not quite sure what else i can do and they certainly don't look ill.

any ideas would be welcome

 

lin

[ClaireG]

I you have any probiotic yogurtn try mixing some in with their pellets or mash. It's good for chicken tums as well as ours!

[sti chick]

thank you. if it persists i willl deffo try this. there is one thing i find very strange the problem......runny pooh seems to be mainly in the morning. I have been to check on them and there is definately more normal pooh now and the same thing seemed to happen

yesterday. i am completely baffled and will post in the chicken forum and ask if any others have experienced this.

 

lin

[Egluntyne]

Is it every poo or just the occasional one?

 

Every 10th or so poo tends to be like chip shop curry sauce.

 

If it is every poo, I would keep them on pellets or mash with bokashi bran added and water for a few day. No treats.

 

If you can get hold of some Avipro to add to their water, even better. If not, some probiotic yoghurt either added to the pellets/mash or separately, as has been suggested.

 

Keep the diet very simple and the diarrhoea should settle.

 

If it doesn't, then maybe a trip to the vet might be in order.