Black tar like poop?

[Zillaah]

One of my chickens recently pooped a black tar looking poop. I only found one pile but my yard is pretty large so I may have missed it if there was more. Not sure which chicken pooped it and they are all acting normal. The only things that have changed is that I got a goat and a few pecked at some of his poops before I saw and shooed them away, but a bunch of them snuck in the goat yard and finished off some alfalfa and vinegar water that was out there. Should I be worried?

 

[coach723]

It very well may be a cecal poop, which happens several times a day normally. Color and consistency can vary, and diet can make a difference in color, cecal droppings are usually more stinky also. Black is sometimes from eating wood ash/charcoal, which is harmless.
Here are a couple of links that may help, and if you think it's something abnormal, then pictures can be very helpful.
https://www.communitychickens.com/how-your-chickens-cecal-pouches-affect-its-droppings/
http://www.chookschickenfarm.co.uk/cecal-poo
https://the-chicken-chick.com/whats-scoop-on-chicken-poop-digestive/

 

[Zillaah]

I have never seen this poop before, or again yet that I know of, but like I said my yard is huge and they have free range so it would be easy for me to miss. It doesn’t resemble any of the other pictures on the links provided. What do you think? It won’t upload the picture on this message. I will try it on the next one and see if that works. It is solid black, tar like but I didn’t touch it to find out.

 

[Zillaah]

Here it is

 

[Zillaah]

The other lighter colored things are leaves and hay.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Could be from eating goat poop. Do you have put ash anywhere they have access to?

 

[imnukensc]

My free range chickens occasionally have poop like that. Nothing to worry about.

 

[dawg53]

Black in color feces can possibly indicate internal bleeding. If a bird was bleeding internally, you'd know it. As long as your chickens are eating and drinking normally, foraging and acting like chickens should, there's nothing to worry about.

 

[Lady Lionheart]

I wouldn't worry. I find a few of those around too. And my chickens are free ranged and healthy as can be!

 

[Zillaah]

They all seem to be fine and I haven’t found anymore of these poops since then so they are either pooping in the yard somewhere or whatever caused it has disappeared. Thanks everyone for the advice. I’ll just keep an eye on them.