What is this I keep finding in their poop?*Graphic*

[Corryn]

Hello,
I keep finding what look like vessels and flesh in chicken poop.
I clean the coop and run twice a day. I find it about once a day.
I can’t figure out who is the pooper.

We got 7 new chickens who aren’t laying yet about a month ago. I have not seen this before they came so I’m guessing it’s from one of them.

Every day I use rooster booster, I think it’s called, which has electrolytes and probiotics in the powder which I mix with the water. Every few days I add ACV to the mix.

The new chickens seem healthier than when we first got them, I haven’t seen a cleaner coop than mine in my travels and the sellers’ coops are a dirty, smelly mess.

My girls free range and are pretty happy to come and go as they please, they have about an acre to forage and spend a lot of time around the barn.

I feed them a ‘harvest blend’ feed and supplement with our leftovers a few nights a week - nothing unhealthy for them, I check.

I appreciate your help, Thank you!

 

[Chicken_Obsesser]

@Eggcessive

 

[Eggcessive]

I haven’t seen that sort of thing myself, but since it is fleshy looking, it may be something from salpingitis (inflammation of the oviduct,) similar to lash material. @Wyorp Rock do you have any thoughts on that material?

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Every day I use rooster booster, I think it’s called, which has electrolytes and probiotics in the powder which I mix with the water. Every few days I add ACV to the mix.

I keep finding what look like vessels and flesh in chicken poop.

I feed them a ‘harvest blend’ feed and supplement with our leftovers a few nights a week - nothing unhealthy for them, I check.

I agree, it does look fleshy. I'd lean toward Salpingitis or some other inflammatory reproductive response.
Since you are finding this every day, it may be worth bagging it and taking/sending it to your state lab for analysis, this hopefully give your more information about what you are dealing with, it may be something that you can treat with an antibiotic or not.

The feed analysis on the harvest blend looks pretty good, I'd make sure the hens are eating all of the blend and not just picking out their favorite pieces - as a whole, loose blends are nutritionally balanced, if a hen is picking out just things she likes - it's not balanced anymore. Some folks find that fermenting or soaking loose blends can sometimes interest the hens in eating all the components.

I would cut back on giving the vitamins/electrolytes every day. Generally, they are given for a few days during times of stress or as an occasional supplement. Provide fresh plain water.

You can find your lab here:
https://www.metzerfarms.com/poultry..._C0i0kfKbUXw9LfWoCf1Cj48STyiVfg5ONBFDBmqE-zj-

I haven’t seen that sort of thing myself, but since it is fleshy looking, it may be something from salpingitis (inflammation of the oviduct,) similar to lash material. @Wyorp Rock do you have any thoughts on that material?