Cleaning chicken bottoms

[notabitail]

My chickens need to have their bottoms cleaned. How should I clean them?

 

[AidKD]

What do you mean when you say cleaned? Poopy butts?

 

[RojoMarz]

All I do for my hens with fluffy feathered butts is to trim the feathers. Yes, they may look sorta funny, but keeps the poop from accumulating.

 

[notabitail]

What do you mean when you say cleaned? Poopy butts?

Yes.

 

[notabitail]

Yes.

Like when they have dry crusted poop stuck there

 

[notabitail]

All I do for my hens with fluffy feathered butts is to trim the feathers. Yes, they may look sorta funny, but keeps the poop from accumulating.

Does it hurt them?

 

[Unicorn9]

Well, I put gloves on and I try and pull a few, but NOT hard, if some clumps can be wiggled off, or so crispy they break apart. Otherwise I've done warm water and dish soap, dunk them and rub their bums, dunk and rub and again, till it seems to loosen. And with a small comb try and comb some out, then dunk and rinse and dry and that seems to help with the worse cases. Or as mentioned, trim a few feathers in that area to help keep the bums cleaner. But my gals get spoiled, spa days when they really need it!

 

[notabitail]

Well, I put gloves on and I try and pull a few, but NOT hard, if some clumps can be wiggled off, or so crispy they break apart. Otherwise I've done warm water and dish soap, dunk them and rub their bums, dunk and rub and again, till it seems to loosen. And with a small comb try and comb some out, then dunk and rinse and dry and that seems to help with the worse cases. Or as mentioned, trim a few feathers in that area to help keep the bums cleaner. But my gals get spoiled, spa days when they really need it!

That seems like it would work. Thank you.

 

[AidKD]

Like when they have dry crusted poop stuck there

Gotcha! What @RojoMarz said or just use some warm water.

 

[Auntiejessi3]

I do butt trims, and if they need a little extra attention, I pick them up like a football, head toward my elbow, bum facing out and spray their bum with the water hose, and loosen any pieces I can (weather permitting of course)