Thanks. These links are very helpful. I'm thinking it's probably a hernia. I'll just let her go for the time being, and might harvest when my cockerel comes of age, and harvest him.
It's soft. It doesn't seem as though it's painful when I mess with it while cleaning her off.
Her poops are maybe a little loose, but don't seem appreciably different than her coop-mates.
One of my Buff Orpington hens has had this protuberance on her butt for months:
I just de-pooped her,and this is the best shot I could get. She eats and drinks normally, acts normal, lays a normal egg almost every day. I call her Miss Poopy Butt for obvious reasons. It doesn't seem to bother...
My Buff Orpington has something similar, but her eggs have always been normal. Poop collects on her butt, and this protuberance seems to be the cause. She acts perfectly normal - eats and drinks fine, lays a normal egg almost every day. Other chickens don't pick at her. I can't figure out what...
My husband is building my coop this weekend as a late Mother's day present. I've heard much about a local chicken "swap" in the Lakeland/Bartow area, and is wondering if anyone can tell me about it. I'm looking for 3-4 chicks/hens (want to avoid roosters) in the next few weeks. Any help?
I live in Lakeland. I don't have chickens yet, but am planning ahead. I plan to build a coop this winter (after the drain field is re-done) and get hens in the spring. I have a couple of friend here who also have chickens.