Is this bloody manure?

[TheMoonBottom]

This is from my meat chicks (red broilers, 7 weeks old). Many of them have the same color.

I did look at some links on other posts. I honestly thought this could go either way, so I digress to the experts.

I have 48 birds in this pen. All are acting normal, eating and drinking fine.

Thanks in advance!

 

[Eggcessive]

It looks like cecal poop in the picture, kind of rusty color. Cecal poop is from the ceca located between the small and large intestines where food is fermented and liquid is absorbed, and it can be in different colors. I would watch for any reddish color. Are any acting lethargic or standing around puffed up, and not eating? Here is some reading:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/cecal-vs-regular-poop.75555/

 

[OrpingtonManiac]

It looks like cecal poop to me, not 100% sure though

 

[TheMoonBottom]

It looks like cecal poop in the picture, kind of rusty color. Cecal poop is from the ceca located between the small and large intestines where food is fermented and liquid is absorbed, and it can be in different colors. I would watch for any reddish color. Are any acting lethargic or standing around puffed up, and not eating? Here is some reading:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/cecal-vs-regular-poop.75555/

I have 48 birds in this pen; all are eating, drinking and acting normal.

Thanks for the info.

My concern is that almost all visible manure in this pen looks like that. So much different than the manure of my egg laying hens in a separate pen. The egg layers are located in a pasture on the other side of the property. I will continue to keep them separated.