Tweet
but do chickens wee??
-
-
Must do surely? or they would go POP!WPC F Hobbit, Shire police
-
well i was expecting the bedding to get wet, but other than a bit of moisture round their poop, which dries really quickly, there doesn't seem to be any wet patches, considering the amount of water they drinkComment
-
Their wee and poo come out as one. They only have one vent - for eggs, poo and wee.
janeyoComment
-
There's yer answer - it comes out of the same place. Same as adult hens wee and poop are mixed together.Comment
-
Their urine and poop is all deposited as one blob from a single opening called the cloaca (or 'vent'), which serves both urinary, digestive, and reproductive functions.
Chickens have no urinary bladder. They have no need for a urinary bladder to temporarily store urine like we do, because their urine is not in a liquid form. Their ureters empty directly into the cloaca and the urates are deposited as a white paste that caps the poo.
Last edited by Bephlam; 23-12-2008, 10:18 PM. I love to talk about nothing. It's the only thing I know anything about!!
Our Blog - http://chancecottage.blogspot.com/Comment
-
Beat me to it Janey - HiComment
-
actually that's pretty gross,
but i guess that answers that then lol, thanks, i wasn't worried.... honest ..... just seems strange that the bedding is so dry, when they have been in there for a week, and no smell either
Last edited by lynda66; 23-12-2008, 10:28 PM.Comment
-
And it's called a cloaca.Originally posted by janeyo View Post
If you look at the poo, the white bit is wee and the darker bit is number two.
* just scrolled up to see Bephlam beat me to itLast edited by Two_Sheds; 24-12-2008, 08:49 AM.All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.Comment
-
Strangely enough...........I've been collecting the chicken poo from my coop in barrels for composting and even though there's plenty of 'white' or wee = ammonia, it aint heating up or stinking?
My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)
Diversify & prosper
Comment
-
The reactions that cause the smell etc only happen when it is wet enough (and warm enough)Originally posted by Snadger View PostStrangely enough...........I've been collecting the chicken poo from my coop in barrels for composting and even though there's plenty of 'white' or wee = ammonia, it aint heating up or stinking?Flowers come in too many colours to see the world in black-and-white.Comment
-
Today, 06:01 PM -
-
Comment