Piper has explosive diarrhoea, and Hercules's poops are going soft.
They were both treated for coccidia a few days ago, with Cocci Plus, which also has bactericidal action against GI tract infections. But there's been no improvement, quite the contrary.
Piper has been doing enormous, evil-smelling poops from being on the nest for a long time, but last night, when I let her out, she sprayed a large area of the room, well beyond the newspapers I'd put down under her landing board.



Both pigeons are acting normally otherwise, though I felt that Hercules looked a bit fluffed-up last night.
I fear they may have caught something from a visiting feral, as Grumpy and his pals keep trying to come in, even when I'm in the room, and it's hard to half-close the windows with the heat -- and the smell...

Any thougts? I thought coccidia or salmonella, but the med should have taken care of that.

I finally got injectable Ivermectin 1% from the vet (huge bottle, $ouch!) and was going to worm all of them, but I'm putting that on stand-by for now.

All of mine have evil, vile, stinky poops after getting off the nest. It's because they hold it for so long.
This sounds normal to me.

Thank you so much, Charis! I'm glad they're okay!

In that case it should be safe to proceed with worming.

Yes...it should, Teresa.

Hi Teresa,
I'm not knowledgable in pigeon diseases but if they are nesting then like Charis said, it is pretty normal. Georgie does really stinky big poos when she's nesting, sometimes they are solid, sometimes really watery.

I hope it is nothing serious with your pigeons. Good luck. x

As a 'new mom' to a young female who just started laying, I'm relieved to hear that the large stinky poops are normal.

I'm just wondering, do you guys give your pigeons any natural supplements or remedies for the smelly poops? Or do you just leave them be? I keep wondering if there's anything else I can do.

...I( just put up with them and hold my breath.

I have exactly the same problem with my Jackie.

What I have done to combat the smell is to take her off the nest a few times during the day....she will poop within a few seconds.......I have tissues in hand....... .pick up the big stinky mess immediately and flush it. Atleast it prevents the smell from contaminating the entire room.

At times it does seem like I'm fighting a loosing battle, but it works for me.

So sorry for all of you that have multiple hens.

Louise