Caecal shocker!
I must be the luckiest bloke on the planet. 
Yet again, I was in the run clearing bits of poo (I'm starting to get a bit fixated!) and ran across a couple that worried me.
Apologies for the blurriness. 
caecal
The chicken poo was bright yellow and foamy so all sorts of things ran through my mind, especially as the hens are new and we are new to hen keeping! Disease, parasites, general unwellness, you know what I mean if you keep chickens too. It must be normal to be paranoid for their health, I hope anyway.
Luckily I remember a link posted in the www.omlet.co.uk forums that identified chicken poos! (Very useful forum)
http://www.chat.allotment.org.uk/viewtopic.php?t=17568
Luckily the one that matches is a caecal type and it's expelled every 10 or so droppings as part of a clearing out process of the chickens caecum. I probably never noticed the caecal types before as many others of that type look normal.
Drama over for another day. 
- John's blog
- Login or register to post comments
2 comments for "Caecal shocker!".
1. I've just had it confirmed
I've just had it confirmed by two of the experienced regulars at the www.omlet.co.uk forums, Ain't Nobody Here and Egluntine that it looks like caecal. Thank you!
2. EEK!!
Poor you, mother hen was all worried about her babies. lol. Glad they are ok. If your like this with poo what are you going to be like when you find an egg??? Must say the obsession with chicked poo is funny