++++Anyone have a chicken with a really poopy butt???

[ibreathe4u]

My BO Miss Betty gets poopy butt every so often thanks to her super cute fluffy butt. I gave her a bath and amazingly enough, she really enjoyed it.

I got a small tub filled with warm water and a couple squirts of Dawn dishwashing liquid. In a second tub I had warm clean water.

I read that you should cover their heads to keep them calm, but Betty took to the water nicely so I just set her in it talking quietly to her. I got a washcloth wet with soapy water and sort of softened up the area. I gently washed and cleaned her, then moved her to the fresh water and rinsed her off. It was warm and breezy out so I let her air dry, but the instructions said to gently blow dry.

Miss Betty's freshly washed booty.

 

[aggiemae]

this is a pretty old thread but if you are having this problem just give the hen a bath.I use dog shampoo (Buddy Wash it smells like mint and lavender) Once the hen is in the warm water she will just sit there until you are done. Mine love to get baths. After the bath check to see if her butt is irritated , if it is pat on a dab or two on D&D ointment, if not a few drops of kitchen oil to help her feathers shed soil and poop.

 

[aggiemae]

my red sexlink chicken has the same problem. I have washed it off several times but she gets poopy again with a week. My other chicken has the cleanest fluffiest butt around. I have given up except I did get a bunch of sand which I heard is good for a dust bath. I thought maybe that would make her cleaner. I think I will try the apple cider vinegar also.

You can firm up her poop by adding cultured buttermilk or yogurt to her food 203 times a week.

 

[ccabal]

You can firm up her poop by adding cultured buttermilk or yogurt to her food 203 times a week.

Wow that must be tedious! 203 times a week? (LOL, you must have meant 2 or 3, right?)

Seriously, I need to try the yogurt. I have a white EE also, who just started having poopy chicken-butt.


Guess what? .................. poopy chicken butt!!

 

[aggiemae]

Wow that must be tedious! 203 times a week? (LOL, you must have meant 2 or 3, right?)

Seriously, I need to try the yogurt. I have a white EE also, who just started having poopy chicken-butt.


Guess what? .................. poopy chicken butt!!

2-3 times a week. I have to stop typing in the dark and/or start proof reading!


For serious cases of poop butt like the one in the first post (from 2009) I would soak that nasty off her butt to prevent skin breakdown from the constant acidity and wet and treat her with Sulmet (use the directions on the bottle)followed by a few days of adding buttermilk to the flocks feed once a day. If the floor of you coop under the roost has lots of loose wet splats they treat the whole flock. You should see firmer poops by the third day at the latest.

As for the hen herself. Soak her bottom in a warm bath of mild soap and Epsom salts for a few minutes then gently roll her feathers between your fingers to loosen the gunk. Don't tug or pull the feathers. Change to water when it fowls and keep doing it until the water stays clear. Dry her or let her dry (indoors if it's cold) when this happened to our buff last fall I blow dried her on medium, she loved it. If her bottom is raw sooth it with A+D ointment. If it's stinky dab it with the cream women use for yeast infections. Check her skin in a few days and retreat with ointment if needed.

I know is sound hard but even if she fights you going in once you get her into the water she will calm right down. Mine fell asleep! When your at it you can oil her feet waddles and comb to clean them protect them from frost bite. I use vitamin E oil but cooking oil will work,

 

[mithious]

I throw my 15 pullets, one cockerel, 2-3 whole apples once a week and it keeps their poop's nice and firm...I find it works much better than the apple cider vinegar, as it works through their entire system and not just their crops...cleared up all the runny poo's for me.

Worth a try anyways!

Poor ladies...

 

[aldarita]

My white leghorn is recovering from bumble foot surgery, She is taking oral antibiotics prescribed by the vet, she is also taking benebac to restore her good bacteria. I add probiotics in the water for the whole flock and their layer feed has pro and prebiotics. She is having a messy butt lately and I believe is due to the antibiotics causing her to have very runny poop. I will give her a butt bath tomorrow and let her dry out in a warm room because it is very cold out in the coop.

 

[aggiemae]

This is a bad time of year for a hen to need a bath!

 

[chickenboy190]

I had a White Rock and she had that problem.She doesn't have it now but she had it for a really long time and now she doesn't.

 

[LoganTW]

When I had cornish chickens that always happened but they did not seem to care so I never did anything about it, I don't think you have to, if I'm wrong I really hope someone says that here so I can do something about it if it happens again with other chickens.




Logan