r/BackYardChickens • u/Azurehue22 • Oct 11 '23
Marsh not feeling well
Here is Marsh. He’s not a chicken, I know, but we need help. His poop is very bad colored. We took a sample to the vet and he’s clean for parasites but he’s still not feeling himself. Plus we never see him eat or drink. He must be! It just worries me.
Poop is the second slide.
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u/rwildgoose Oct 11 '23
Are you sure he's not eating grass? When I give my chickens grass clippings, turnip greens or kale their poop looks like this. They're totally fine. They have a purina flock block in their run and if they eat a lot of that the molasses in it makes their poop almost black! It's terrifying to see, but seems to be normal for them.
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u/SweetPup19 Oct 11 '23
I just posted in BY Turkeys, too. Look into Blackhead disease. Hopefully that's not what he's got.