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I have 4 chickens of whom only 2 are laying,( I havnt yet worked out which 2)they are all fairly young so i would be expecting 4 eggs a day.
2 are Colombian Blacktails and 2 are Sussex.
One of the Colombian has persistent diarrohea, I worm them frequently but the diarrohea has gone on for quite a while and I dont know what to do.
They all look healthy!
They are kept in a pen together ,which I rake out daily,which is large so overcrowding isnt a problem and they get fresh green stuff from the veg patch - I dont use chemicals on the veg so that cant be the source.
I am loathe to spend a fortune at the vet for one chicken, does anyone have a solution? either for the diarrohea or why I am only getting 2 eggs a day? I am beginning to think it is something more serious. I have looked for worms in it but cant see any!!
Any advice most gratefully received.

There are so many different types of chicken poo's!
Here's a link to a page of chicken poo... http://chat.allotment.org.uk/index.php?topic=17568.0
Have a look and see if your hen's poop is similar to any of the unusual ones further down the page

:)

Thanks for that reply, I have had a look and think I have found a similar poo,the yellowy slightly foamy one above the word worms. Will treat again for worms and see if that has an effect although only did worms about 3 weeks ago!

matowakan wrote:Thanks for that reply, I have had a look and think I have found a similar poo,the yellowy slightly foamy one above the word worms. Will treat again for worms and see if that has an effect although only did worms about 3 weeks ago!

How did you worm her? and did you worm all of the birds at the same time?

Hello Big Al,
I wormed her with a wormer from the vet which is a powder you put in with the food.
All 4 were wormed at the same time and I made sure that they all ate the food! Thought I would get it from the vet to make sure I got a good one!!