Anyone Else's Chickens Have Watery Poop in the Morning?

[buffy-the-eggpile-layer]

So my flock of 7 is 18 months old now, and over the last year or so I've had many a panic episode due to intermittent weird poops, almost always in the morning. I'd done de-worming, treated for cocci, and added supplements like probiotics or ACV to their water, but I still get some weird poops in the morning! Usually there are normal ones and then some weird wet splotches that are mostly white/watery; or, those unsettling poops with shed intestinal lining. I'd then vigilantly stalk my chickens waiting for each to poop again, only to be presented with a bunch of normal poops. By the afternoon, the poops all look 10/10. Not to mention that their roost poops always look normal. (I have noticed a couple of my hens just tend to poop on the wetter side, always have, normal color though). Appetite, energy, and egg laying all fine.

...but what's with the tendency towards morning squelchers?

 

[buffy-the-eggpile-layer]

I should add: poops have been tested about twice over the last 1.5 years but they are always clear.

 

[CHlCKEN]

So my flock of 7 is 18 months old now, and over the last year or so I've had many a panic episode due to intermittent weird poops, almost always in the morning. I'd done de-worming, treated for cocci, and added supplements like probiotics or ACV to their water, but I still get some weird poops in the morning! Usually there are normal ones and then some weird wet splotches that are mostly white/watery; or, those unsettling poops with shed intestinal lining. I'd then vigilantly stalk my chickens waiting for each to poop again, only to be presented with a bunch of normal poops. By the afternoon, the poops all look 10/10. Not to mention that their roost poops always look normal. (I have noticed a couple of my hens just tend to poop on the wetter side, always have, normal color though). Appetite, energy, and egg laying all fine.

...but what's with the tendency towards morning squelchers?

Probably from drinking lots of water when they wake up. Nothing to worry about

 

[buffy-the-eggpile-layer]

Probably from drinking lots of water when they wake up. Nothing to worry about

Thank you for the assurance. I was getting sick of the pattern of tailspins their weird poops would trigger--always followed by tons of research, desperate BYC posts, treatments, and then inconclusive results. Meanwhile they're all acting fine and I'm being a crazy helicopter chicken mom. Eventually I was like, do I really need to panic every time? Maybe other people have experienced this?

 

[CHlCKEN]

Thank you for the assurance. I was getting sick of the pattern of tailspins their weird poops would trigger--always followed by tons of research, desperate BYC posts, treatments, and then inconclusive results. Meanwhile they're all acting fine and I'm being a crazy helicopter chicken mom. Eventually I was like, do I really need to panic every time? Maybe other people have experienced this?

Ya it’s normal! sunde they hadn’t eaten or drank during the night, the of course, like us, eat a lot and drink a lot when they wake up. You might have seen watery poops during the daytime back when it was still hot, it’s just from them drinking a lot of liquid.

Of course it’s not ALWAYS just because of drinking water. If they have other symptoms It’s something else but in your case, they are just drinking more in the morning

 

[imnukensc]

Meanwhile they're all acting fine and I'm being a crazy helicopter chicken mom.

I think you've diagnosed the "problem."

 

[CHlCKEN]

I think you've diagnosed the "problem."

Couldn’t agree more

 

[buffy-the-eggpile-layer]

I think you've diagnosed the "problem."

Good! Now that we know the problem, what meds are available for that? lol

I've had enough confirmation bias episodes happen (where hens were actually sick and needed help fast--wouldn't have survived had I not been watching them like a hawk)... that, well, my flames of paranoia have been fanned. Oh well

And of course, this morning, in the smaller of the two coops I saw one with a spot of blood in it (bright red, gelatinous, but definitely not intestinal lining), so now I'm planning to treat with Corid and de-worm again in a few days (when my Wazine arrives). I had dewormed and treated with Corid for the first time back in July when I was seeing weird poops, but never did a follow-up round.

 

[buffy-the-eggpile-layer]

Ya it’s normal! sunde they hadn’t eaten or drank during the night, the of course, like us, eat a lot and drink a lot when they wake up. You might have seen watery poops during the daytime back when it was still hot, it’s just from them drinking a lot of liquid.

Of course it’s not ALWAYS just because of drinking water. If they have other symptoms It’s something else but in your case, they are just drinking more in the morning

Yeah they do get the runs in the hot weather. Sometimes they have liquid poops upon waking, I think, before even having much water. But they seem fine so I will keep an eye out. I did post below that, as of an hour ago, I saw a poop with blood in it from the other coop (the one I wasn't worried about), so now my attention has shifted. These girls always keep me guessing.

 

[CHlCKEN]

Yeah they do get the runs in the hot weather. Sometimes they have liquid poops upon waking, I think, before even having much water. But they seem fine so I will keep an eye out. I did post below that, as of an hour ago, I saw a poop with blood in it from the other coop (the one I wasn't worried about), so now my attention has shifted. These girls always keep me guessing.

I’m not sure what to say to that.... can you keep us posted, and let us know how they r tomorrow?