Translucent jelly poo??

[klb25]

I found this today in my meat bird coop. I have 13 Cornish Cross that are 6 weeks old; they are my first meat birds. They have food access 12 hours on, 12 hours off (higher protein feed from a local mill), and drink about 2 gallons of water a day. They are kept in a former dog run that has wooden coops inside.

What am I looking at here? It is the same size as a gummy worm candy.

Thanks for your help and advice!

 

[klb25]

Sorry to bump after 12 hours bit I'm hoping for help.

 

[Razzlefrazzle]

@Eggcessive @Wyorp Rock seen anything like this?

 

[Tumbleweedlynn]

It looks like a soft shelled egg to me. Has she laid an egg?

 

[Tumbleweedlynn]

It looks like a soft shelled egg to me. Has she laid an egg?

Or a worm?

 

[BastyPutt]

They have food access 12 hours on, 12 hours off

I can't help too much with the very, very strange excretion - but I will say this is a lot of access to food for a CC. Over the years we have found that any form of free choice isn't necessarily super bad for them, but very costly and unnecessary for you.

We feed twice a day, and I am not certain exactly how much, because we get the same amount of birds each year and use the same feeders. I want to say that it equates to one gallon size feeder/day per 18 birds. Granted, they act like they are starving 24/7 - but they aren't and you will finish with a lot less yellow fat and/or muscle deterioration in the breast + more $$ in your pocket.

 

[BastyPutt]

Or a worm?

You know what, that actually looks like a piece of intestine.

 

[Oob Child]

You know what, that actually looks like a piece of intestine.

It does but is that normal?

 

[BastyPutt]

It does but is that normal?

No, not at all. But there is no blood either. With the chickens being white id think there would be blood on the rear end if one of them as well.

I've butchered a lot of birds and usually the intestines arent translucent like that, but the shape and texture and size looks just like one.

 

[Oob Child]

No, not at all. But there is no blood either. With the chickens being white id think there would be blood on the rear end if one of them as well.

I've butchered a lot of birds and usually the intestines are translucent like that, but the shape and texture and size looks just like one.

Ok. So is it an intestine? To me it looks like some species of grub.