07/11/2024
Chicken Droppings: What You Need to Know!
There are seven types of chicken droppings. They are:
👉Normal Droppings
👉Green Droppings
👉Brown Droppings
👉Yellow Droppings
👉Red or Bloody Droppings
👉White Droppings
👉Black Droppings
Normal Droppings
👉It is a common belief that the droppings or f***s of a healthy chicken should have an ash color, be firm and with a white cap. While this is true, the p**p of a healthy chicken is not always like that as diet, season, climate and state of health can alter the look, texture or color of the chicken’s p**p. However, the change shouldn’t last for a long time. If it does, then something is wrong with such chicken(s).
Green Droppings
👉Possible causes: Loss of appetite, starvation, intestinal worms, Marek’s disease, Newcastle disease, Avian flu, salmonella. The most reasonable cause is when the chickens consume green vegetables, grasses or herbs.
Brown Droppings
👉Possible cause: Lead poisoning, Colibacillosis (E. coli) or Infectious Bronchitis
👉Most likely cause: Ingestion of foods with higher liquid content, so the consistency of the stool will look more like pudding and this can occur once with a frequency of 7-8 normal p**ps, which is quite normal.
Yellow and Foamy Droppings
👉This could be an indication of intestinal worm, coccidiosis or salmonellosis (Fowl typhoid). Other causes could be the intake of some foods, strawberries or tomatoes, oats and corn
Red or Bloody P**p
👉Possible cause: Advanced coccidiosis, intestinal wall shedding or intestinal parasites.
👉Probable cause: swelling or inflammation of the intestinal wall. The orange particles are sometimes mistaken for blood, apple intake, or excess oatmeal.
👉Fresh blood in the p**p or dark brown-black or reddish-black p**p, indicating that the blood has been digested, could be a symptom of enteritis, septicemia, poisoning, or parasites.
White or Milky Droppings
👉Possible cause: Food digestion problems, bacterial diseases (Bacillary white diarrhea), stress, coccidiosis, fungal or viral infections.
👉Probable cause: Bacillary White diarrhea (Pullorum), Infectious Bursal Disease (Gumboro) or Coccidiosis
Black Droppings
👉It indicates bleeding in the upper parts of the digestive system, caused by blood that has fallen into the digestive tract, the cause may be the presence of worms or tapeworms or even very thin bacterial infections, also due to the ingestion of ash or charcoal.
👉Lumpy or undigested: The frequency will be the first indication that something is wrong. Incomplete digestion, foods that are too hard to digest (e.g. corn), or stunting syndrome.
👉Undigested seeds in f***s: May be caused by roundworms or a Candida Albicans (fungus) Moniliosis infection
👉Bulky p**p: Mycosis or bacterial infection. P**p is normal in broody hens
