Help identifying different stools? Ending runny, some watery, etc

Kailcar

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Hello and please excuse the fact that I may just be paranoid (first time chicken owner!) but I would rather ask the question and get some peace of mind than ignoring a potential issue.

A few things of note: I have 6 13 week old pullets that have been outside for about 5 weeks. I sat outside with the flock for about 45 minutes today and they all ate, drank and played around. Mixed in between these weird stools were normal ones, but I'm not entirely convinced they are all cecal poops. I live in Oklahoma where the weather has been bi-polar, going from hot to cold to hot to cold every day or two, so I'm sure the birds are stressed out. I gave them some Manna Pro Hydro-Hen today in a separate container from their normal water and they all drank from it.

I *believe* I saw everyone have at least one semi-normal stool, but with 4 barred rocks they all look the same to me after a while. This morning when cleaning their poop boards in the coop I did see one stool that was solid but had a fair amount of watery white with it as well, I did not think to take a picture.

I appreciate any insight! Considering most of their poops that I clean up in the morning look normal, I'm hoping these are just weird occurrences, but I wanted to consult the pros since some of the pictures I find online of similar texture say to treat the flock with Corrid for possible coccidiosis. Thank you all♥️

Poop 1: Looks like cecal to me, but I saw this particular chicken do two of these within minutes of each other, then about 20 minutes later have a normal stool. There are some semi-solid pieces in there, which also threw me off because everything I've read says there isn't typically solid pieces in cecal poops?
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Poop 2: Started off normal, then went to diarrhea consistency? I saw this a few times.
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Poop 3: This was from a few days ago. I haven't really seen any others this watery again.
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Hello and please excuse the fact that I may just be paranoid (first time chicken owner!) but I would rather ask the question and get some peace of mind than ignoring a potential issue.

A few things of note: I have 6 13 week old pullets that have been outside for about 5 weeks. I sat outside with the flock for about 45 minutes today and they all ate, drank and played around. Mixed in between these weird stools were normal ones, but I'm not entirely convinced they are all cecal poops. I live in Oklahoma where the weather has been bi-polar, going from hot to cold to hot to cold every day or two, so I'm sure the birds are stressed out. I gave them some Manna Pro Hydro-Hen today in a separate container from their normal water and they all drank from it.

I *believe* I saw everyone have at least one semi-normal stool, but with 4 barred rocks they all look the same to me after a while. This morning when cleaning their poop boards in the coop I did see one stool that was solid but had a fair amount of watery white with it as well, I did not think to take a picture.

I appreciate any insight! Considering most of their poops that I clean up in the morning look normal, I'm hoping these are just weird occurrences, but I wanted to consult the pros since some of the pictures I find online of similar texture say to treat the flock with Corrid for possible coccidiosis. Thank you all♥️

Poop 1: Looks like cecal to me, but I saw this particular chicken do two of these within minutes of each other, then about 20 minutes later have a normal stool. There are some semi-solid pieces in there, which also threw me off because everything I've read says there isn't typically solid pieces in cecal poops?
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Poop 2: Started off normal, then went to diarrhea consistency? I saw this a few times.
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Poop 3: This was from a few days ago. I haven't really seen any others this watery again.View attachment 4046795
That looks pretty normal to me, especially if it’s been hot
 
That looks pretty normal to me, especially if it’s been hot
Thank you for the reply! I wouldn't necessarily say it's been "hot" but it's been going from 30's as the high to 60's, then 40's, then a few days in the high 70's then back to the 40's. It's been a wonky few weeks.
 
Thank you for the reply! I wouldn't necessarily say it's been "hot" but it's been going from 30's as the high to 60's, then 40's, then a few days in the high 70's then back to the 40's. It's been a wonky few weeks.
Still fairly normal, just means they’ve been drinking more
If you are still worried just keep an eye on behaviour, like lethargy, otherwise they are probably fine
 

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