Backdoor Buggers Birds are “masters of disguise” when it comes to hiding early signs of illness. Therefore, exterior indicators of health status are very helpful and important. Bird droppings are one of those critical exterior indicators, in conjunction with clinical signs such as fluffed feathers, energy level, and loss of appetite, weight loss, and so forth. Droppings can be an important window into the health status of your bird. This page deals with anything coming out through backdoor. Parts of droppings Appearance Partially digested food viral disease Slimy droppings overgrowth of yeast Foamy or bubbly droppings bacterial infection watery and unformed diarrhea Pudding, watery or spattered pea Stress, new food, spoiled food, bacterial or fungal infection, intestinal parasites, Toxins or antibiotics. Small dry feces dehydration or organ disease Urates Increased volume of urates diet, inadequate water intake, Dehydration, or by kidney problems. Bright green or yellow urates liver disease, Brown urates lead poisoning Red urates heavy metal toxicity, internal bleeding or kidney problems White or Clay color Pancreas or digestive problems Blood Cocci intestinal lining Normal mustard to dark brown froth, smelly Normal bright green or yellow due to Chlamydia Urine clear Normal greenish or yellowish tinge liver disease reddish brown poisoning Disclaimer: The pictures and information given herein are collected from different websites and from different posts on BYC and other forums and that the information given herein corresponds to practical experiences. Owing to the differences in local conditions they cannot claim to be complete, so that any liabilities – also with a view to claims of third parties – are excluded.
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Backdoor Buggers - Brahma & Cochins · Worms The following types of worms can be found in poultry: Hair worm - Found in the crop, esophagus, proventriculus and intestine. Roundworm
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Disclaimer: The picture and information given herein is collected from different websites and from
different posts on BYC and other forums and that the information given herein corresponds to
practical experiences. Owing to the differences in local conditions they cannot claim to be complete, so that any liabilities – also with a view to claims of third parties – are excluded.
Backdoor Buggers
Birds are “masters of disguise” when it comes to hiding early signs of illness. Therefore, exterior indicators of health status are very helpful and important. Bird droppings are one of those critical exterior indicators, in conjunction with clinical signs such as fluffed feathers, energy level, and loss of appetite, weight loss, and so forth. Droppings can be an important window into the health status of your bird. This page deals with anything coming out through backdoor. Parts of droppings
Appearance Partially digested food viral disease
Slimy droppings overgrowth of yeast
Foamy or bubbly droppings bacterial infection
watery and unformed diarrhea
Pudding, watery or spattered pea Stress, new food, spoiled food, bacterial or fungal infection, intestinal parasites, Toxins or antibiotics.
Small dry feces dehydration or organ disease
Urates Increased volume of urates diet, inadequate water intake, Dehydration, or by kidney problems.
Bright green or yellow urates liver disease,
Brown urates lead poisoning
Red urates heavy metal toxicity, internal bleeding or kidney problems
White or Clay color Pancreas or digestive problems
Blood Cocci
intestinal lining Normal
mustard to dark brown froth, smelly
Normal
bright green or yellow due to Chlamydia
Urine clear Normal
greenish or yellowish tinge liver disease
reddish brown poisoning
Disclaimer: The pictures and information given herein are collected from different websites and
from different posts on BYC and other forums and that the information given herein corresponds
to practical experiences. Owing to the differences in local conditions they cannot claim to be complete, so that any liabilities – also with a view to claims of third parties – are excluded.
Normal Photo: http://www.chat.allotment.org.uk/index.php?topic=17568.0, Poultrykeeper.com
These last six pictures have shed intestinal lining in them - quite normal, not a cause for concern. Photo: http://www.chat.allotment.org.uk/index.php?topic=17568.0, thechichenchick.com
Oily and Foamy
The range of "Normal" is huge. Photo: http://www.chat.allotment.org.uk/index.php?topic=17568.0
Blackhead is caused by a protozoa called Histomonas meleagridis. It multiplies and damages caecal walland migrates to liver causing Liver necrosis.
The effected bird may have Blackhead disease if the droppings are similar to those shows below and accompanied with one, some or all of the following symptoms
Chicken: Depression, weakness, Huddle with neck drawn in, Droopy tail and wing feathers, ruffled feathers, Sulfur colored or bright yellow droppings, bloody droppings, black coloration of head parts.
Turkey: weak with ruffled feathers, and drooping heads and wings. Soiled vent feathers due to diarrhea are common. Bright yellow sulphur droppings, black coloration of head.
The disease can also be confused with
In chickens: Coccidiosis, heavy worm burdens, fowl cholera.In turkeys: Hexamitiasis, Coccidiosis, cholera.
The hen that produced this specimen was about 25 weeks
old. She went off her food and ate so little she became
underweight. She held her tail down and was tired. She
may have had worms and/or egg peritonitis.
Fowl Cholera or Liver disease
Kidney infection or E.coli infection
Flies will lay their eggs on moist chicken poo and in warm
weather they will very quickly hatch into small
maggots.(Picturecurtsey of Vember)
E.coli or possibly respiratory disorder
Worms
The following types of worms can be found in poultry:
Hair worm - Found in the crop, esophagus, proventriculus and intestine. Roundworm - Found in the birds digestive system. Gizzard worm - Found in the gizzard, mainly in geese. A common problem for goslings. Tapeworm - Fairly uncommon, found in the intestine.
Gapeworm - Found in the trachea and lungs. Caecal worm - Cause little damage but transmit blackhead to Turkeys.