droppings

  1. L

    Rat problem in Texas worried about disease!

    After seeing some rat dropping in the nesting boxes and food I tried to clean it out. I didn’t have on a mask at first and I am really hoping I haven’t exposed myself to hantavirus. Can anyone calm my fears about this? Do most people get it after heavy exposure or can you get it more easily than...
  2. HamletAndEggs

    Chicken diarrhea unsolved!

    Hi Team! I need you again! My flock of 12 is almost 20 weeks old, appears healthy, eating well, active, etc. (eggs should be just around the corner). At least one of the mixed flock (11 hens, 1 roo, all med-large, not giant breeds) developed diarrhea about 7-10 days ago, and now I think two...
  3. J

    How to deal with droppings

    My buddy and I just hatched our first brood of coturnix quail (15) and the little cheepers are doing great. We've drawn up plans for a raised planter bed (about 5'x6') that would let us grow vegetables up top and house quail beneath, but we're wondering about solutions for their droppings. How...
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  4. Joecarbs

    Is this normal poop?

    hi, my pullets are about 16 weeks. I’ve noticed some red coloration in some of the droppings. Also some caramel looking dropings. They mostly eat pellets and fermented grain. I also gave them some tomatoes a few days ago can the red coloration be from tomatoes? Thanks
  5. A

    Chicks & Red Poop: should I be concerned??

    Hello BYC. So i have been raising 15 chicks for 2-3 weeks. I bought them from MyPetChicken.com and they have all been doing splendidly, with no deaths so far. I've been keeping them in a kennel/cage (perfectly sanitized new) with towels (changed every few days) pellets, medicated chick feed a...
  6. Eggkazoo

    Dark colored watery poops?

    I’ve noticed my chicks tend to have very watery poops yet they never show behaviors that suggest the cage is too hot. However today some of the poops I see have a dark yellow-brown watery urine. You can see how it stains the paper towel. It doesn’t seem to be blood as when it was wet, it was...
  7. TheTinyHen

    Help! Concerning droppings!

    I have a 22 week old Buff Orpington (her name is Cream) who has yellow (instead of white) urates on her droppings. Other than being very small and the runt of the flock she is seemingly healthy. I have five other hens but only Cream has these yellow droppings. I am looking for some help to...
  8. valentehomestead

    Help with Composting chick droppings

    OK, so my township requires that all chicken droppings be composted. I have never composted before so this is going to be a new venture, right along with the chicks. Not to sound stupid, but how do you start..I can buy a composter, and the stuff you put into it, but do you add dirt? How much? Do...
  9. givengrove

    Mystery Animal Feces

    It's been a while and I tried some research and I still couldn't figure it out! This morning I found some strange looking mush, it was right next to some fox scat... and then next to THAT WAS canine/feline scat (we have outdoor cats and dogs so I assume that was them). It flabbergasts me that...
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