A lot of dry poop near her vent and tail is raised

[Ilene]

One of my hens who is about 4-5 years old is sitting with her tail up. When I went in to look at her, I turned her over and saw a lot of dry poop near her vent.
I'm pretty sure she laid an egg this morning. Can this be a problem? Anything else I should look for to determine if this is an issue?

 

[Isaac 0]

Hi there, sorry no one was able to respond, how is your bird doing?

 

[Crestcrazy2]

Same thing happened to my leghorn
Lots of dry poop stuck to the fluff around the vent area.

 

[Crestcrazy2]

If you already did something about it then that's good , but if you haven't u should take some scissors and trim the feathers around the vent area and clean around the same area with some warm water to get rid of the rest of the poop stuck to the skin , hope this helps .