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POOP COLORS AND WHAT THEY MEAN IN POULTRY FARMING

 These chicken poops can vary in appearance (colors and textures), some being brown, green, yellow, maroon, and even black. It all depends on the diet of the birds, the growing season of the bird, the season of the year, colder or hotter and the general health state of the birds.

By observing the poop of your chickens, you can determine if everything is okay with the chickens. Black, maroon, or pasty brown cecal poops are produced daily in all fowls, so there is no need to panic if you see or smell them.

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Normal Poop;

Normal chicken poop

It is a common belief that the poop or feces of a healthy chicken should have an ash color, be firm and with a white cap. While this is true, the poop of a healthy chicken is not always like that as diet, season, climate and state of health can alter the look, texture or color of the chicken’s poop. However, the change shouldn’t last for a long time. If it does, something is wrong with such chicken(s).

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Black Poop;

Black chicken poop

Dark or Black  droppings(poop) usually indicates  bleeding in the first part of the intestinal tract. The blood is also digested and turns into an almost black colour. But an excreted piece of the intestine can also look like this (a piece that has become trapped and dies off). Check the general health of the birds.

White Poop;

White poop

This may be as a result of food digestion problems, bacterial diseases (Bacillary white diarrhea), stress, coccidiosis, fungal or viral infections.


Yellow Foamy poop;

Yellow Foamy poop


This could be an indication of an intestinal worm, coccidiosis, or salmonellosis (Fowl typhoid). Other causes could be the intake of some foods, strawberries or tomatoes, oats and corn. 

Red or bloody poop;

Bloody poop

 This can be said to be an advanced form of coccidiosis, intestinal wall shedding or intestinal parasites.

Chicken droppings with blood in them may indicate that your hen has coccidiosis, which is an inflammation of the intestinal lining due to a bacterial infection. Coccidiosis can be treated if caught early. Bloody chicken poop can also indicate the presence of worms within the digestive system.

Fresh blood in the poop or dark brown-black or reddish-black poop, indicating that the blood has been digested, could be a symptom of enteritis, septicemia, poisoning, or parasites. 

Brown poop;

Brown poop

This may be as a result of Lead poisoning, Colibacillosis (E. coli) or Infectious Bronchitis and most likely, causes Ingestion of foods with higher liquid content, so the consistency of the poop will look more like pudding and this can occur once with a frequency of 7-8 normal poops, which is quite normal.

Green poop;

Green poop

 Loss of appetite, starvation, intestinal worms, Marek’s disease, Newcastle, Avian flu, salmonellosis. The most reasonable cause is when the chickens consume green vegetables, grasses or herbs.

In conclusion;

The abnormal chicken poops causes a lot of panic to the farmer but there's always a solution to every animal health challenges.

The use of Trisulf-240 has proven to be the most effective veterinary drug against deadly diseases of chicken with abnormal poop as symptoms.

Trisulf-240

Before using any veterinary drug for your poultry, always consult your animal health professional.

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