NFMC Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 Since getting chickens the thing I have become obsessed about is the amount and volume that they poo. It's like when I had my newborns and would judge how happy they were by the number of baby poos that they did. Anyway - strange obsession but there you go. I've started to notice that the chickens seem to do an almightily large poo shortly after being let out of their coops in the mornings. It seems too big for their bodies. As they're getting older are they starting to get almost house-trained? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 No, it's just that their systems slow down when they are roosting/asleep and once they start to move around, they need to void their bowels... bit like humans really Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jennym Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 Perfectly normal, mine do smelly gigantipoos first thing in the morning too. Hard to believe a chicken can make that much poo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 You should see a broody poo they are bigger than the chicken and stink I feed a really excellent quality feed to some of my chickens, when I moved some of them on to a cheaper food to save money I noticed that the amount of poo increased significantly and smelled worse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 Anyone eating - its just like being at work - obssessions with bowels Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daxigirl Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 Some of them are amazingly big, bigger than an egg Quite startling the first time you come across one in the poop tray isn't it. I'm currently a bit stunned by the size of the Twitter Sisters productions for such biddy little birds . (Bit gross I know and I apologise profusely, but when I'm picking up dog poop in the garden I find that most of them turn out to be Chook poop, scarey.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluffy chick Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 The first broody poos I saw, I was convinced I had a fox or cat coming into the area I even googled 'fox poo' images! If I hadn't seen one being erm 'pooed' I wouldn't have believed it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
