Unsecure chicken perches

[Mr Rhode Island Red]

One or two of my hens (A hybrid and a barred plymouth rock) have been making...how do i put this without being that graphic...large poo's when they are let out of their house in the morning. It is the normal colour and texture of "normal poo" but is about the size of a large BBQ sausage. It doesn't seem to hurt them when they pass it. Then they don't seem to make anymore "abnormalities" for the rest of the day

 

Any ideas as to what's causing it, or is it normal?

 

Thanks

 

Mr Rhode Island Red

[poppy ben grace]

hi. mine do massive poos in the morning when i let them out too. not sausage type but pretty big and smelly!

[gongladosh]

It's nothing to worry about - if they're doing those on a morning, they're generally healthy.

 

We refer to them as Monster Poos...

 

They do stink though - they've been sat there fermenting when the hen's been asleep (and possibly when laying an early morning egg). We usually find that the hens are so offended by them that they prefer not to pop them out in their run - with ours, we open the cube door, then let them into the garden where they do their monster poos, after that they're happy to go back into the WIR...

[Plum]

Yup normal. makes them easier to pick up

[percy049]

They also do big poos when they're broody, as they only poo once a day when they're let off the eggs.

[Mr Rhode Island Red]

Thanks for the advice, I guess there's many more "monster poo" hens out there

 

Thanks millions

 

Mr Rhode Island Red

[Mollie333]

I'm really surprised at the size of the poo's that some of my broody bantams do..