Do I need to clean my chicken butt?

[beany_bot]

Is this ok? She is very well in herself.

 

[BlindLemonChicken]

Does she have a good place to dust bathe? What is her diet? Some people do give chickens baths in water but I avoid this because it’s not natural and stresses the chicken out. A dirty bum can occasionally be a symptom of an internal issue but I usually find a good dust bath is enough to keep this from happening. You will get some more opinions.

 

[beany_bot]

Does she have a good place to dust bathe? What is her diet? Some people do give chickens baths in water but I avoid this because it’s not natural and stresses the chicken out. A dirty bum can occasionally be a symptom of an internal issue but I usually find a good dust bath is enough to keep this from happening. You will get some more opinions.

hmm good point. They do but it's gotten a bit low recently and i've been meaning to top it up. I'll do that. I haven't seen them using it recently to be honest. As for when they free-range. I live on the west coast of Scotland (think pacific northwest climate) so it's rarely dry out! More mud than dust. I'll get their run dust bath filled up!

 

[MysteryChicken]

Clipping away the dirty feathers should do just fine, & make way for no more poo to stick to them. She's got a lazy butt.

 

[beany_bot]

Clipping away the dirty feathers should do just fine, & make way for no more poo to stick to them. She's got a lazy butt.

Shhhh (She's my favourite).

 

[Altairsky]

Yes it is better to clean the butt because more poop might stick to it... Wouldn't want to cut a giant stone of rock hard poop with Carpenter pincers again like I had to do with my last broody.

 

[beany_bot]

OK dust bath is topped up with a bag of kiln dried sand and couple of big handfulls of DE. Lets see if they use it. I'll cut away the poop on her this weekend (joy of joys...)