Poopy Chickens

Mine get some sort of winter mix salad....turnip greens, spinach greens, some kind of cruciferous ( not identified yet), all mixed up seed that DH buys somewhere in the area he works.
I also am giving them the turnip greens from thinning. Eventually, they will get some turnips to munch on through the winter months.
 
That is a good question Marshall. I know that some greens can change the color of the egg yolk if too much is eaten, don't know if some greens make them poop wetter than others though. :caf

marshallsmyth said:
Do some kinds of greens make them poop wetter than other kinds?
 
I don't know Mary, to me that sounds like an excellent diet, and they get their oyster shell stuff.

Maybe someone on BYC would know.

I don't suppose they can take Koapectate? Don't try that unless someone knows about it with chickens

:caf <<< Yep, having a second cup today :P With all my protein powder stuff added to it...
 
Well, my last 2 free ranging birds...the hen got attacked by a hawk yesterday. I guess she was too tempting, since no body else was out there to eat. She survived, thank goodness. But neither she nor her rooster want to go out for a while anymore. They like their chicken tractor. :)
 
Thank you nyboy. I have been letting them out between 11 am and 3pm, at which they usually put themselves back up after a couple of hours. This happened about 3pm yesterday afternoon. It gets dark at 5pm here right now.
 
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