Hen with nasty butt area!

[kkhoneycutt]

What am I dealing with? My boyfriend said he noticed she had a slightly dirty butt on Monday but today it’s much much worse. I plan to catch her and treat her today but was able to get these pics so I could ask what y’all thought. Also her poop seems very normal. I’ve added that too.

 

[Eggcessive]

They can have a bit of diarrhea, and it tends to get into the feathers and build up. If you can bring her inside to soak her butt in warm soapy water, then dry her off and blow her dry, I would. Offer some cottage cheese, about a TB full and some probiotics may help. If she has not been wormed recently you could worm her with albendazole 1.25 ml orally for 5 consecutive days, or SafeGuard Liquid Goat Wormer 0.5 ml once orally and again in 10 days. Shake either of those well. If you have a vet who could instead do a fecal float, that would be good, but it costs about the same as the worming. Most feed stores sell the SafeGuard liquid goat wormer, and you can get the albendazole online here:
https://totaltails.shop/products/al...26P0PsMbnfY4Bm2Yl4mkvmyeHo_vUhMjyZG6nvWiVRodk

 

[RoostyRoo]

I don’t know if this helps, but I’m starting to think some chickens are just dirty like that or maybe have a sensitive stomach? I have a few in my flock who consistently always seem to have a dirty butts like that, but otherwise seem perfectly healthy. I even took stool samples to the vet to get testing done, if I remember right and nothing came up. They’re just always dirty.

 

[Laurasb65]

I have a barred rock that her butt is so fluffy, poop gets stuck on her, I have trim her fluffy butt once in a while.

 

[RoostyRoo]

I have a barred rock that her butt is so fluffy, poop gets stuck on her, I have trim her fluffy butt once in a while.

Does that help? Also does it hurt her? For some reason I thought they had feeling in their feathers and you couldn’t trim them unless doing it very carefully?

 

[dawg53]

Does that help? Also does it hurt her? For some reason I thought they had feeling in their feathers and you couldn’t trim them unless doing it very carefully?

No, it doesnt hurt them when you trim back butt feathers and fluff. Remember, it's just a trim, you dont want to cut the feathers down to bare skin. If you do, urates in feces will scald the skin causing redness and irritation.
Poopy butt can also cause flies to infest the stuck poop, flies lay eggs in the poop. Then the maggots work their way into the anus causing Fly Strike. That's when the maggots start eating the chickens innards. Then the chicken will have to be culled.