How to keep chick poo off of you?

[Nym]

We have other chicks. I bring her outside and watch her socialize. Her mama started attacking all of them and the others are able to run away when mama gets in the yard, but she is small and weak and cannot move as quick so i get worried for her. She sleeps with me during the night too because its too cold out. (she is a runt and doesnt have full feathers)

Wow, that is a nasty mama bird. Can you seperate her from them so the chick can rejoin the others?

 

[ilovemychickens2000]

Wow, that is a nasty mama bird. Can you seperate her from them so the chick can rejoin the others?

I would but they live in our yard and all the other chickens can just walk in if they want. I try to keep her out by closing the gate, but she dug a hole under it and attacked a chick. ive just started putting pallets against the gate so she cant get in at all.

 

[ilovemychickens2000]

She's too little to control it. I have had adult chickens get off my lap to poop or hold it when in a cage because they didn't want to poop in the cage.


Can you make a little chicken diaper? They make them for full size hens. Maybe look at them online and try to rig something up.

She's a cutie.

I tried to make a diaper out of a sock and it didnt go so well. It didnt fit right and she hated it. The pouch was too loose and any poo would have just fallen out. Im just gonna have to deal with the poo i think.