I wish I had read this thread when my husband and I were trying to get our 12 chickens into their tractor coop. The first mistake was trying to "chase" them around the coop. While my husband was away one week, I discovered if I left them alone, they'd roost on top of their coop, and then I'd...
One of our chicks had the same problem. Initially we had warm water and a cloth and would wipe his butt. Then we read somewhere about using vaseline. After about a week or so of using the vaseline, the pasting wasn't nearly as bad of a problem. Worked quite well, to be honest. It wasn't...