Expert Response You are right – chickens do NOT urinate through their skin. In fact, they don’t sweat either, since they don’t have sweat glands. The by-product of protein metabolism in mammals is urea, which is water soluble and released in the liquid we call urine.
How do chickens urineate?
They expell their urine through their droppings, the white stuff on the top is Urine. Chickens’ “pee” is solid, like other birds. It’s the whitish portion of their droppings.
Do chickens Pee?
Chickens do pee, yes. But not in the same way as we do, or other mammals. Chickens – and almost all birds for that matter – do not have a urinary bladder or an external urethral opening. This is very different from us, for example. We collect urine in our bladders, then when we need to pee it exits through the urethra.
Interestingly enough, birds do not have a urinary bladder or external urethral opening (with the exception of the ostrich). A common myth regarding how chickens pee is that they urinate through their skin. The result of protein digestion in mammals is urea, which is water-soluble and is discharged in the fluid we call pee.
While we were writing we ran into the question “Do chickens Pee thru their skin?”.
You are right – chickens do NOT urinate through their skin. In fact, they don’t sweat either, since they don’t have sweat glands. The by-product of protein metabolism in mammals is urea, which is water soluble and released in the liquid we call urine. In birds, the by-product of protein metabolism is uric acid which is not water soluble.
Do chickens wee, or just Poo?
Yes, chickens do pee, they just do not urinate a stream of liquid like mammals, this is because they do not have a bladder. A chickens urine is the white crystals you see on the outside of the poop. Below: The white crystals you see in the picture are a chickens pee.
Why do chickens have urea in their urine?
To break it down even further, let’s cover the basic anatomy of a chicken.
Some articles claimed but chickens and birds, in particular, are very different to use anatomically. I explained this in more detail above, but the short answer is that uric acid crystals (urine) are deposited in a chickens poop and is expelled at the same time. But let’s be honest, it’s a pretty efficient way to function, isn’t it?
How to tell if chickens are urate or urate?
If you look, you’ll see white and brown. The white is the urate, the brown is, well, poo! As far as the 4′ roost, they don’t each need their own, but 9 chickens may be a bit crowded on just 4′ of roost space. I would add one more that length if you have the room to be safe.