Runny poo still, after a week of worming

[Abbilee]

Hello all, Ella had a runny bum so I thought I'd try worming them as I've heard people say this is the first avenue they try.

It's been a week today of flubenvet mixed with pellets but she still has runny poo. What else could this be? Should I worry?
I don't generally worry about my cats loose poo as I have a lot of experience with ill cats from my time at the rescue, but my lack of chicken experience is making me worry I might be missing something.
She looks in great shape, comb is nice and red, she's laying and eating and drinking well.

Any advice would be much appreciated!

[Mrs B]

Has your girl always been loose or is it a recent thing?

If the former then possibly she is just a mucky bum girl. Probably best to get the vet to have a look if you are worried though.

Just a thought do you give many greens as treats as this can make them a little loose.

Sorry I can't help much I'm afraid

[KathJ]

We have a Bluebelle who's had a runny bum pretty much since we got her last August. Sometimes it's worse than others but she she seems to be happy and healthy. Although I worry about whether she's ok it doesn't seem to bother her apart from having a mucky behind so I wonder if that's just the way she is Sorry I can't reassure you anymore xx

[sandy]

Please dont worry too much if she is healthy otherwise. I rehomed Olive Feb 2nd and she always does runny stinky poo and has a mucky bum. She is fine except for a few softies, nice clean vent but I did take her to the vets who confirmed the only thing she needed was a wash and blow dry

[kitla]

I was always advised to check the night time poops (if you know where she sits)
if they are perfectly normal there's no need to worry.

[Abbilee]

Thanks for the replies guys, I'm pretty sure they all had normal poo before, but then I think it's unlikely they had much/any green in their diet before and now they're eating grass when they FR.

Kitla - I think it's normal at night, there was some loose stuff in today but I think Ella was in there laying and dropped some loose ones on the way to the nest box!

I feel reassured, I'll just keep an eye on her just in case. If it is the greens, do you think her poo will settle down in time?

[Skeksis]

Due to my recent miracle with Cynthia, I bathed my runny bum hen with an epsom salt bath yesterday and she's a huge amount better today.

[Abbilee]

Hi all,

I'm still slightly worried about the girl's poo. It's hard to tell as I haven't watched all of them poo, but when I let them out to roam, it seems like mostly liquid poo everywhere. The only way I can describe the poo I'm seeing is like a small splash of soggy cereal and milk!
The poo I'm taking out of the nest box is normal though.

The only stuff around that they eat is grass, I don't have any plants or anything else they could be ingesting.

Should I be doing something? They'e fine in themselves, all laying and all eating well, they look really healthy actually.

[LisaB]

Hi there!

Have you looked at the poo chart? (very graphic!!)
http://chat.allotment.org/index.php?topic=17568.0

There's a picture 6th from the bottom that sounds like what you're describing.

Is definitely drinking enough?

[Abbilee]

Thanks for that! There were occasional ceacal poos which I was worried about, but I feel reassured now.

The one you mentioned is basically what the poo looks like, but it's not all the time. The girls all drink loads and regularly, I fill up their 1 litre container every other day. I don't know if they're drinking too much?

[Mrs B]

1 litre doesn't sound very much, did you mean 10 litre I have trouble with my A key keeps sticking)

I have 12 chooks and have two of these drinkers, they seem to use up about one buckets worth a day.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Savic-Hyancinth ... 606&sr=8-1

[Abbilee]

Nope, I did mean 1 litre. They also FR quite a lot and drink water from random containers around the garden too. I only have 3 girls though!

[manda]

You could try a little pot of pro-bio yogurt ..will help re-establish the healthy flora in the gut that worming can strip out.

[Abbilee]

Ah, that's a great idea, thanks I'll try that :)