{"id":81794,"date":"2022-04-22T11:55:34","date_gmt":"2022-04-22T11:55:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/do-chickens-pee-thru-their-skin\/"},"modified":"2022-04-22T11:55:34","modified_gmt":"2022-04-22T11:55:34","slug":"do-chickens-pee-thru-their-skin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/do-chickens-pee-thru-their-skin\/","title":{"rendered":"Do chickens pee thru their skin?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_17 counter-hierarchy counter-decimal ez-toc-grey\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" style=\"display: none;\"><i class=\"ez-toc-glyphicon ez-toc-icon-toggle\"><\/i><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1\"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/do-chickens-pee-thru-their-skin\/#Do_chickens_pee_thru_their_skin\" title=\"Do chickens pee thru their skin?\">Do chickens pee thru their skin?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/do-chickens-pee-thru-their-skin\/#Do_chickens_have_a_pee_hole\" title=\"Do chickens have a pee hole?\">Do chickens have a pee hole?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/do-chickens-pee-thru-their-skin\/#How_do_chicken_pee_and_poop\" title=\"How do chicken pee and poop?\">How do chicken pee and poop?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/do-chickens-pee-thru-their-skin\/#How_does_a_chicken_urinate\" title=\"How does a chicken urinate?\">How does a chicken urinate?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/do-chickens-pee-thru-their-skin\/#Does_a_chicken_pee_through_their_skin\" title=\"Does a chicken pee through their skin?\">Does a chicken pee through their skin?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/do-chickens-pee-thru-their-skin\/#Do_chickens_sweat_urine\" title=\"Do chickens sweat urine?\">Do chickens sweat urine?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/do-chickens-pee-thru-their-skin\/#Where_do_chickens_pee\" title=\"Where do chickens pee?\">Where do chickens pee?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/do-chickens-pee-thru-their-skin\/#Do_chickens_pee_and_poop_from_the_same_hole\" title=\"Do chickens pee and poop from the same hole?\">Do chickens pee and poop from the same hole?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/do-chickens-pee-thru-their-skin\/#Do_chickens_have_a_pee_pee\" title=\"Do chickens have a pee pee?\">Do chickens have a pee pee?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/do-chickens-pee-thru-their-skin\/#Do_eggs_and_poop_come_out_the_same_hole\" title=\"Do eggs and poop come out the same hole?\">Do eggs and poop come out the same hole?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/do-chickens-pee-thru-their-skin\/#Do_chickens_pee_and_poop_at_the_same_time\" title=\"Do chickens pee and poop at the same time?\">Do chickens pee and poop at the same time?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/do-chickens-pee-thru-their-skin\/#Do_chickens_take_a_pee\" title=\"Do chickens take a pee?\">Do chickens take a pee?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-13\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/do-chickens-pee-thru-their-skin\/#How_do_chickens_use_the_bathroom\" title=\"How do chickens use the bathroom?\">How do chickens use the bathroom?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-14\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/do-chickens-pee-thru-their-skin\/#Where_does_a_chicken_poop\" title=\"Where does a chicken poop?\">Where does a chicken poop?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-15\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/do-chickens-pee-thru-their-skin\/#How_does_a_chicken_pee\" title=\"How does a chicken pee?\">How does a chicken pee?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-16\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/do-chickens-pee-thru-their-skin\/#Where_does_a_chicken_pee\" title=\"Where does a chicken pee?\">Where does a chicken pee?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-17\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/do-chickens-pee-thru-their-skin\/#Where_do_chickens_urinate_from\" title=\"Where do chickens urinate from?\">Where do chickens urinate from?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-18\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/do-chickens-pee-thru-their-skin\/#How_do_chicken_excrete\" title=\"How do chicken excrete?\">How do chicken excrete?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-19\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/do-chickens-pee-thru-their-skin\/#Do_chickens_sweat_pee\" title=\"Do chickens sweat pee?\">Do chickens sweat pee?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-20\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/do-chickens-pee-thru-their-skin\/#Do_chickens_pee_liquid\" title=\"Do chickens pee liquid?\">Do chickens pee liquid?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-21\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/do-chickens-pee-thru-their-skin\/#Do_chickens_reabsorb_their_urine\" title=\"Do chickens reabsorb their urine?\">Do chickens reabsorb their urine?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-22\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/do-chickens-pee-thru-their-skin\/#Do_chickens_poop_and_pee_at_the_same_time\" title=\"Do chickens poop and pee at the same time?\">Do chickens poop and pee at the same time?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-23\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/do-chickens-pee-thru-their-skin\/#Do_chickens_have_two_holes\" title=\"Do chickens have two holes?\">Do chickens have two holes?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-24\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/do-chickens-pee-thru-their-skin\/#How_do_chickens_pee_and_poop\" title=\"How do chickens pee and poop?\">How do chickens pee and poop?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-25\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/do-chickens-pee-thru-their-skin\/#What_does_a_chicken_pee_pee_look_like\" title=\"What does a chicken pee pee look like?\">What does a chicken pee pee look like?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Do_chickens_pee_thru_their_skin\"><\/span>Do chickens pee thru their skin?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Unlike humans, <b>chickens do not urinate through their skin. Their bodies do not contain sweat glands, which means that they do not sweat. They expel uric acid through the fecal material that they deposit in their feces. This product is made up of uric acid crystals.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Do_chickens_have_a_pee_hole\"><\/span>Do chickens have a pee hole?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>What is this? <b>The egg, poop and urine (which for a chicken isn&#8217;t a liquid) exits out of the same hole (aka, the vent, as you can see above). BUT, when an egg comes out, the chicken&#8217;s Cloaca is turned inside out so that the egg cannot come in contact with the intestines (fecal matter nastiness).<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_do_chicken_pee_and_poop\"><\/span>How do chicken pee and poop?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Chickens and all poultry have a combined waste called excreta that is feces and urine combined in the large intestine. Chickens do not have a bladder, so <b>urine from the kidneys moves into the cloaca and by the act of reverse peristalsis is transferred into the large intestine<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_does_a_chicken_urinate\"><\/span>How does a chicken urinate?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In contrast birds have no need for a urethra since <b>they don&#8217;t urinate. Instead they coat their feces with uric acid that exits their body through the cloaca as moist chicken poop. Not producing liquid urine allows birds to have lighter bodies than mammals of similar size. It is an adaption that helps them fly.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Does_a_chicken_pee_through_their_skin\"><\/span>Does a chicken pee through their skin?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>There is a myth doing the rounds that chickens urinate through their skin.<\/b><b>This is not true at all, chickens have kidneys and produce uric acid crystals and excrete it through the vent. Chickens do not even have sweat glands in their skin.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Do_chickens_sweat_urine\"><\/span>Do chickens sweat urine?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>What is this? <b>The egg, poop and urine (which for a chicken isn&#8217;t a liquid) exits out of the same hole (aka, the vent, as you can see above). BUT, when an egg comes out, the chicken&#8217;s Cloaca is turned inside out so that the egg cannot come in contact with the intestines (fecal matter nastiness).<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Where_do_chickens_pee\"><\/span>Where do chickens pee?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Do chickens pee and poop from the same hole? <b>The eggs, poop and urine all exits out of the same hole, also called the vent or cloaca.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Do_chickens_pee_and_poop_from_the_same_hole\"><\/span>Do chickens pee and poop from the same hole?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>The egg, poop and urine (which for a chicken isn&#8217;t a liquid) exits out of the same hole (aka, the vent, as you can see above). BUT, when an egg comes out, the chicken&#8217;s Cloaca is turned inside out so that the egg cannot come in contact with the intestines (fecal matter nastiness).<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Do_chickens_have_a_pee_pee\"><\/span>Do chickens have a pee pee?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In a chicken&#8217;s body, its kidneys have three lobes. These lobes are located under their lungs. As <b>birds do not have a urinary bladder, their pee is non-water soluble uric acid. If you have observed your chicken&#8217;s poop, their pee is the white paste and some liquid that&#8217;s excreted out as they release their waste.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Do_eggs_and_poop_come_out_the_same_hole\"><\/span>Do eggs and poop come out the same hole?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>When the process is complete, the shell gland at the bottom end of the oviduct pushes the egg into the cloaca, a chamber just inside the vent where the reproductive and excretory tracts meet  which means, <b>yes, a chicken lays eggs and poops out of the same opening.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Do_chickens_pee_and_poop_at_the_same_time\"><\/span>Do chickens pee and poop at the same time?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Do chickens pee and poop from the same hole? <b>The eggs, poop and urine all exits out of the same hole, also called the vent or cloaca.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Do_chickens_take_a_pee\"><\/span>Do chickens take a pee?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Summary. <b>Chickens don&#8217;t pee, but they still have and need to get rid of urine. The system they use is foreign to us but allows them to make more efficient use of the water in their bodies to prevent dehydration. It&#8217;s effective as long as you don&#8217;t feed them too much protein and keep an eye out for vent gleet.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_do_chickens_use_the_bathroom\"><\/span>How do chickens use the bathroom?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In contrast birds have no need for a urethra since they don&#8217;t urinate. Instead they <b>coat their feces with uric acid that exits their body through the cloaca as moist chicken poop. Not producing liquid urine allows birds to have lighter bodies than mammals of similar size.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Where_does_a_chicken_poop\"><\/span>Where does a chicken poop?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Although birds don&#8217;t have the same kind of muscled sphincter that we do, which is meant to control when we choose to go, they do still have some muscles <b>around their cloaca, which is their everything holeeggs and excrement all come from the same place!<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_does_a_chicken_pee\"><\/span>How does a chicken pee?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In contrast birds have no need for a urethra since <b>they don&#8217;t urinate. Instead they coat their feces with uric acid that exits their body through the cloaca as moist chicken poop. Not producing liquid urine allows birds to have lighter bodies than mammals of similar size. It is an adaption that helps them fly.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Where_does_a_chicken_pee\"><\/span>Where does a chicken pee?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>What is this? <b>The egg, poop and urine (which for a chicken isn&#8217;t a liquid) exits out of the same hole (aka, the vent, as you can see above). BUT, when an egg comes out, the chicken&#8217;s Cloaca is turned inside out so that the egg cannot come in contact with the intestines (fecal matter nastiness).<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Where_do_chickens_urinate_from\"><\/span>Where do chickens urinate from?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Unlike humans, <b>chickens do not urinate through their skin. Their bodies do not contain sweat glands, which means that they do not sweat. They expel uric acid through the fecal material that they deposit in their feces. This product is made up of uric acid crystals.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_do_chicken_excrete\"><\/span>How do chicken excrete?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>While chickens do pee, the pass urine as <b>white crystals that cover their poo. They have one bodily orifice, the cloaca, that serves as rectum, urethra, and vagina. The waste they produce is pee and poop all rolled into one. The pee or urine is the wet white crystals and the poop is the green solid nugget.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Do_chickens_sweat_pee\"><\/span>Do chickens sweat pee?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>There is a myth doing the rounds that chickens urinate through their skin. This is not true at all, chickens have kidneys and produce uric acid crystals and excrete it through the vent. <b>Chickens do not even have sweat glands in their skin<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Do_chickens_pee_liquid\"><\/span>Do chickens pee liquid?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In a chicken&#8217;s body, its kidneys have three lobes. These lobes are located under their lungs. As birds do not have a urinary bladder, <b>their pee is non-water soluble uric acid. If you have observed your chicken&#8217;s poop, their pee is the white paste and some liquid that&#8217;s excreted out as they release their waste.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Do_chickens_reabsorb_their_urine\"><\/span>Do chickens reabsorb their urine?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>When diuretics were used, the flow was increased. <b>Most of the water, therefore, which is excreted with the urine is reabsorbed in the cloaca<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Do_chickens_poop_and_pee_at_the_same_time\"><\/span>Do chickens poop and pee at the same time?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Birds, unlike mammals, <b>do not have separate exits for urine and feces. Both waste products are eliminated simultaneously through the cloaca.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Do_chickens_have_two_holes\"><\/span>Do chickens have two holes?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Unlike humans and most mammals, <b>a female chicken has but one rear orifice with three functions. It is where feces and eggs exit her body and sperm enter. The rooster&#8217;s cloaca has only two functions. One is to pass feces.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_do_chickens_pee_and_poop\"><\/span>How do chickens pee and poop?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>What is this? <b>The egg, poop and urine (which for a chicken isn&#8217;t a liquid) exits out of the same hole (aka, the vent, as you can see above). BUT, when an egg comes out, the chicken&#8217;s Cloaca is turned inside out so that the egg cannot come in contact with the intestines (fecal matter nastiness).<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_does_a_chicken_pee_pee_look_like\"><\/span>What does a chicken pee pee look like?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>A chickens urine is the <b>white crystals you see on the outside of the poop. Below: The white crystals you see in the picture are a chickens pee. A chickens kidneys process and concentrate the urea into a whitish solid, rather than process it into a solution of urine.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Table of Contents Do chickens pee thru their skin?Do chickens have a pee hole?How do chicken pee and poop?How does a chicken urinate?Does a chicken pee through their skin?Do chickens sweat urine?Where do chickens pee?Do chickens pee and poop from the same hole?Do chickens have a pee pee?Do eggs and poop come out the same&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81794"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81794"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81794\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}