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Help! Hen with constant poopy butt

Hanathehappyhen

Songster
6 Years
Jan 2, 2018
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Nicasio CA
Hi! My hen Sukie's butt is always poopy. The poop is white, get crusty, but doesn't really smell. Just today I noticed some snotty looking stuff on her butt. I've been giving her baths but it just seems to come back. She's already been dewormed, no lice or mites, and doesn't seem sick. I just can't figure out what's happening. I've never had a chicken have a constant poopy butt, that gets poopy without having diarrhea most of the time, but acting perfectly fine. In the pictures her skin looks a a little red but I'm pretty sure that's just the cold air. For a little more information she's 2 years old, is in her molt right now, got her tail feathers pulled out by a raccoon (other than that she's fine) Could it be vent Gleet? Thanks!
 

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Trim back the fluff on her rear end so that she'll have a "clear shot" to the ground. Dont trim the fluff back too much because excreted urates in feces will scald the skin.
 

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