Check those butts!!

[MontanaChickDoc]

So I have a partridge Cochin named Big Momma. Typical of the breed she has a very fuzzy bum. Occasionally she gets poop caked in her bum feathers - no one else has this problem, only Big Momma. And what loves poop? Flies. And from flies come maggots. Gross. I had noticed her kind of pecking at her rear area and found quite a mess back there. Nothing a warm wash and alu-spray couldn't fix. Now her bum is good as new. But it was still really gross. So here is your summer reminder to check those bums! Remove any caked on feces. Cause maggots on your bum are no laughing matter.

 

[dfalco]

I'm too new to chickenry to realize this problem. I have a buff orp that has that very problem. I will give her a good look see tomorrow. Thanks for sharing the info!

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Thanks for the post!

A reminder to all of us that have those extra fluffy gals

 

[MontanaChickDoc]

Yeah poor Big Momma had a sore starting on her skin. I felt bad. But now she's fluffy and clean, and the sore should heal quickly with the Alu-spray treatment. Really, is there anything nastier than maggots?!? Ugh!

 

[Saint_ Marwenne_Chickens]

I found this once.
Gloves on, catch chicken, do it by hand. Poor chicken still has poop stuck there though. At least she can poop now. I'll have to make some time to finish the job.

 

[MontanaChickDoc]

Once I gave her a feather cut with scissors. Buuuut...they eventually grew back. I think her butt feathers and leg feathers act as a basket to catch the poop (ew).