QUICK QUESTION -
Is it normal for a female society sitting on 5 eggs to have VERY runny BIG poop??
It is like raw egg white runny and really whitish-puke green colored BIG in the center poop.
It doesn't look like normal bird poop to me. The male society in with her is having regular looking poop.
Is it because she is sitting on eggs or could she be sick???
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Yeah, their poops do look different when they are sitting. The hen doesn't go as often so they really have major poops when they do go.
Now, if what you are seeing really resembles a runny egg, then your hen could be laying soft shell eggs. Which indicates a lack of calcium. My strawberry hen routinely lays these types of eggs. She'll lay 3-4 normal eggs, then one soft shell egg. I have to catch her, put her in a hospital cage with moist heat and a dose of Calciboost.
Now, if what you are seeing really resembles a runny egg, then your hen could be laying soft shell eggs. Which indicates a lack of calcium. My strawberry hen routinely lays these types of eggs. She'll lay 3-4 normal eggs, then one soft shell egg. I have to catch her, put her in a hospital cage with moist heat and a dose of Calciboost.
TammieB.
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