Oh man, I feel like those pics could have come right from MY flock! Been worrying that my one BR might be a roo, but this is making me feel a little better!
Ok, so I did the soaking of the butt in a bowl of warm water, and the parts that were poop came off without my grief. However, that round black ball came off too (I was squishing it a little to see if it was poop) but it turned out to be a scab which came off in the water. Now my poor BR has a...
One of my Barred Rocks has what I thought might be pasty butt, but now I'm not quite sure... the vent isn't covered, when I pick her up and check out her backside the vent is completely cleared (and puckering at me, for the lack of a better term, haha) but there's a blackish ball sort of under...