Crusty Butts

[Chickenmagnet]

I rescued 5 birds from a cramped space.

Two of the ladies have crusty butts.
I thought they would clean themselves of this crusts.
But, they havent.
I'm wondering if there isnt something wrong with them.

None of my other chickens have crust butt.
NONE

HELP?

 

[Chickenmagnet]

the two are separate breeds

one is an EE
the other is a partridge rock

 

[S0rcy]

If they were in poor conditions, they may just be too exhausted and worn down to clean themselves. Give them a helping hand and remove the crustiness with some baby wipes, they will probably feel better and begin grooming themselves a bit better

 

[jtotherow]

Crusty butt? Is this Pastey butt? My birds last Feb. Got this after I fed them white rice out of the fridge. everyone told me it's good for them and they loved it but I had to clean 5 pasty butts and put PH on them because they got so constipated their butts looked like they were pushing out.

 

[Chickenmagnet]

Yah, I dont think its pasty butt
It may have have been pasty at one time.

Now its crusty and dangly eck

 

[angelmarie]

give them a bath in some warm water and baby soap that should take it off

 

[jjthink]

My roo and hen like to sleep on a shelf lined with wood shavings (they opt to use the perch only to get to the shelf!). As a result, Annie gets a bit of dried mess accumulating after a while. Since she would not relish a bath I take scissors and trim the feathers a bit to get that stuff off - I have to hold her carefully so she doesn't flinch and get cut! But it does the trick.
JJ

 

[Chickenmagnet]

well...folks....:|

we tried the soak and soap
which someone was not a happy camper:/

These things didnt even soften up after 15 minutes of soak time.
Thank for the clipping idea

I think thats the way to go
cut the darn things off

so gross


I was just thinking that she could be sick
and
I dont want the other ladies to get sick.

 

[priszilla]

I have noticed when a chicken has m ites or lice they are too busy scratching/feeling bad to clean up properly- so check for parasites too.