What is the white stuff in chicken manure?

Chickens do not pee, and they don't have a urethra. They have only one opening called the cloaca which is used for feces, urea, mating, and eggs. The waste product normally found in urine is called urea. read more

The white stuff in chicken feces is called URIC ACID. Mammals like us produce waste ammonia but it is combined with carbon dioxide (CO2) and converted into urea. Humans dissolve urea in water making urine (pee). Chickens do the process differently. read more

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