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WE HAVE A SMALL DARK HEN 2 YEAR OLD HAS LONG THIN STRING LIKE DROPPINGS SHE IS NEITHER UP NOR DOWN BUT THE REST OF OUR BIRDS DROPPINGS ARE QUITE NORMAL ANYBODY TELL US WHATS CAUSING THEM CHEERS

may sound silly but have you checked the area near her *expletive removed*, if there is any dropping stuck ect, ive had this in past and treated with baycox and it cleared up, as i believed it to be cocci

HAVE  CHECKED HER A--- AND SEEMS OK TOO CHEERS

are you feeding a lot of barley or wheat,

TOPFLITE MOULTING MIXTURE

Quoted from the wee red hens

TOPFLITE MOULTING MIXTURE

lock the hen in a box  mix up some corn peas coat with yougart
add brewers yeast ,it you have it  or provit,  add some grit not much pinch,pinch black mineral give a little  3 times  for two days

If feeding a lot of barley or wheat what effect would this have on the droppings bigda ?

Quoted from celtic

If feeding a lot of barley or wheat what effect would this have on the droppings bigda ?

the first thing if the birds have a upset tummy is you will see no

urine  on the droppings thats the white bit barley ,and wheat sometimes don't make bulk , the droppings you tend to get from barley  is  small black, a bit like budgie sh**  there is nothing wrong with that  type of sh**  as long as you see the white bit,t, the string type is a sort of spaghetti it dose not show urine         its more to do with  the grub not been mulched up
lacking in  grit vitamins  small grain small sh** thats what you
want big grain  big you guest  it  some hens lack grit and thats the most  powerful thing in your loft if some of your birds don't show  good sh** take a pinch of clean grit  and down the throat with it and that can be caused by birds fed to late in the day  

mick you seem to like the word s

Quoted from bigda

the first thing if the birds have a upset tummy is you will see no

urine  on the droppings thats the white bit barley ,and wheat sometimes don't make bulk , the droppings you tend to get from barley  is  small black, a bit like budgie sh**  there is nothing wrong with that  type of sh**  as long as you see the white bit,t, the string type is a sort of spaghetti it dose not show urine         its more to do with  the grub not been mulched up
lacking in  grit vitamins  small grain small sh** thats what you
want big grain  big you guest  it  some hens lack grit and thats the most  powerful thing in your loft if some of your birds don't show  good sh** take a pinch of clean grit  and down the throat with it and that can be caused by birds fed to late in the day  

Very interesting but some fanciers reckon they don't need grit

Quoted from DOVEScot

Very interesting but some fanciers reckon they don't need grit

hungry birds  pick up the wrong type of grit plus nasties of the roof in the sky or in the shed  your grit only

Quoted from bigda

hungry birds  pick up the wrong type of grit plus nasties of the roof in the sky or in the shed  your grit only

We supply our with grit, Billy used crushed sand stone instead and his birds were in great condition and sh** was fine as well

Quoted from bigda

hungry birds  pick up the wrong type of grit plus nasties of the roof in the sky or in the shed  your grit only

thats why mine used to go down seashore not enough gtit then pick all sorts rubbish up

THEY ARE STOCK BIRDS SO DONT GET OUT AND GET FRESH GRIT AND MATRIX EVERYDAY AND OTHER BIRD LOOK AND HANDLE FINE

Quoted from the wee red hens

THEY ARE STOCK BIRDS SO DON'T GET OUT AND GET FRESH GRIT AND MATRIX EVERYDAY AND OTHER BIRD LOOK AND HANDLE FINE

you can leave grit about, but are they all eating it try some down the throat, then you know they have it, pigeons  will sit hunched up if you let them,   your the gaffer there , give them  what you think they need in the wild  there is  pigeons that have got access  to all the wrong types of grit,  you see them hop about  also, with one leg or stump, so they ain't to bright when it comes to  choice food the  birds in your care  have to have  a1  sh** all the time and not have any bad  longer than a week, or your  on a no win situation, before  you train them, stock birds too are the ones you have to be doubly  carefully with, let the droppings go slack and you let  the season pass you by remember  the pigeon
will show you  it will give you a  dropping with a nice  piece of down on top every time,  not just  one a week  no down  no result