Droppings

[Castleview]

I quickly examined my birds droppings today when cleaning them out. They say yu can tell a lot from the droppings. Well mine look pretty healthy, but theres a something biting inside...instincts I think.

 

The cocks droppings are is darkish green heading towards the color of grass, with the white in. Not slimy, but not competently firm. They are moist like cream cheese. The hens on the other hand looks like a Chelsea bun. Hers are dark green, again cream cheese style with white in. I was thinking it might be worms, she eats but not a full crop or even half a crop not to sure about water, but its fresh every day.

[pjc]

the only way to know anything for certain is to send droppings for testing.

Have you given your birds any preventative medication?

Are they currently feeding youngbirds etc?

Give us some info about the birds in question, housing, food, nest state etc

 

Phil

[Castleview]

New Shed, New Nest, New Everything. No nesting, but should be laying around 8th of April. I've put them on a 3 day course of wormers. If her droppings don't change then she hasn't got worms. Like I say theres no slime or anything. I feed them on V.Laga All Round Mix (all I can afford at the minute) fresh water daily. It's probably just me being paranoid after the bad experiences I had ten years ago. I do remember some of my birds having the same chelsea bun style so it probably is me. I'll see if the wormer does anything, let you know in three days.

[Guest IB]

If there is a lot of small stuff (seeds) in your feeding, then the droppings will be a little less firm than a bird on a heavier all-grain diet. I see a lot on colour of the droppings, but colour really depends on what the bird has been eating, and the green is supposed to be from the bile and is also supposed to be more 'obvious' because it pours direct into the gut, rather than 'drip' through a duct, like ours does for example. Bile from memory is a fat digester, so feed a high-fat diet and expect green droppings?

 

If the birds are otherwise OK, then I wouldn't worry. If they were sitting hunched up, or lacked energy or 'there was something else wrong + droppings', I'd take a swab and droppings sample for analysis. I'd do nothing until I knew what I was dealing with, and any action would also be guided by what the vet advised.

 

 

 

 

[Castleview]

If there is a lot of small stuff (seeds) in your feeding, then the droppings will be a little less firm than a bird on a heavier all-grain diet. I see a lot on colour of the droppings, but colour really depends on what the bird has been eating, and the green is supposed to be from the bile and is also supposed to be more 'obvious' because it pours direct into the gut, rather than 'drip' through a duct, like ours does for example. Bile from memory is a fat digester, so feed a high-fat diet and expect green droppings?

 

If the birds are otherwise OK, then I wouldn't worry. If they were sitting hunched up, or lacked energy or 'there was something else wrong + droppings', I'd take a swab and droppings sample for analysis. I'd do nothing until I knew what I was dealing with, and any action would also be guided by what the vet advised.

 

 

Yeah theres some small stuff in it. Like I say the wormer ends in three days, if it's still the same I'll put it to the food.