Below are pictures of Chicken Droppings kindly donated by our members

Normal

Picture taken by Catsmuvva

Coral coloured Urates

Oily and Foamy

Ceacal

Fly Maggots

(picture curtesy of Vember)

Watery

Abnormal poos

picture taken by smiler43

picture taken by Lindeggs

Tape Worm

Broody Droppings

Thanks to ANHBUC for this picture

(the pictures not the poo).These last three pictures have shed intestinal lining in them - quite normal, not a cause for concern.These are frequently deposited overnight and are quite normalThe range of "Normal" is huge :shock:These are produced from the caecum of the chicken and are mustard to dark brown froth. They are expelled every 8 to 10 droppings.Flies will lay their eggs on moist chicken droppings and in warm weather they will very quickly hatch into small maggots.Watery droppings can be produced by hens which are too hot. It can be a way for them to cool down by drinking a lot and losing some of their heat in frequent wet droppings. It can also be a sign that the hens are not eating enough too.Coccidiosis produces blood in faeces.Above is from a chicken suffering with Clostridium perfringens.see: 4. Poo - The Chicken Keeper's Guide in Poultry FAQs and other Information - Page 9 of 11 The hen who produced this specimen was an older bird who became very thirsty.She is producing a large amount of watery urates the cause of which is unknown, but could possibly be a kidney problem.The hen who produced this specimen was about 25 weeks old. She went off her food and ate so little she became underweight. She held her tail down and was tired. She may have had worms and/or egg peritonitis.WormsBroody's droppings are huge and very smelly !Sulphur yellow, foamy dropping can bea sign of Blackhead (Histamonosis) which is caused by a protozoan parasite infecting the gut. It is however rare in back yard hens !This picture was taken after 2 days treatment with flubenvet. The worms are probably Ascaridia galli, they don't cause much harm to the birds unless they are present in large numbers. It is not unkown for them to enter the reproductive tract from the digestive tract via the vent and be found inside an egg :shock:Please feel free to comment on these pictures and post any you may want to know about or think would be good to add to this album.