I think she has vent gleet like you said. I washed her butt real good and trimmed her feathers. The skin was purple back there, had a really bad smell and she felt really skinny. I don't have a good feeling about her. I put her in a seperate cage with fresh pine shavings, clean water and food...
Not sure what this might be. My white Americana has had a wet black butt for a few weeks now. I have 26 chickens and they free range during the day on 8 acres. During the evenings they are in a clean coop with a 50' run. I feed them Purina Pellets. Would love to know if anyone has any ideas what...
I used blue kote and it did not work. The other chickens still pecked at her. I also tried Pick-No-More to no avail. I had to seperate her until all the feathers grew back.
The squirt bottle sounds like a good plan for me. I'll try that when I'm home for a few days in the row. At least I'm not alone......Good to read all the feedback.
I'm so glad you told me about the moth balls. I had no idea chickens had no sense of smell. They have a real nice coop and a fenced run 50ft by 10ft. And a roof on the run. I try to shoo them off during the day but I can only do it so many times a day. I do come out that door to put them in for...
I have 20 chickens and 1 turkey. They have 8 acres to free range but keep coming onto my back porch and of course leave me presents, especially the turkey. Is there a way to keep them off besides an electric fence. Mothballs??