One Hen with Dirty Butt Feathers (Updated with Pics)

[carol31]

tractor supply store carries food grade diatomaceous earth...

 

[casportpony]

tractor supply store carries food grade diatomaceous earth...

Back when I first started raising chickens I bought a huge bag of food grade DE. Then I noticed that some of my hens had feather lice, so I went crazy with it, put it in all their dust bathing spots and coated them in it. Guess what? It did absolutely nothing. IMNSHO, DE is a waste of money... One is much better off buying poultry dust or 5% Sevin powder.

-Kathy

 

[seminolewind]

I'm wondering if she might have mites or lice? It looks kinda like eggs (lice/mites)? Maybe I need glasses, lol.

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[seminolewind]

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[seminolewind]

This thread is really old. (2009)

 

[sssharon]

I put diatomaceous earth in the nesting boxes.i'm never had any problems with my chickens with mites or anything like that. I'm a real nitpicker about poop and I don't like to smell it when I go in my group so I keep it real clean you wouldn't even know I had chickens. A couple of my chickens have had dirty butts and it doesn't really look like poop but I really haven't gotten them up close and thoroughly examine them either so maybe I'll have to do that. I have a buff Orpington to,that looks like that's what you have. Mine is been good and healthy and she lays nice big eggs. I think it's like somebody else said it's just a change in the season. Hopefully that will straighten out. As long as they seem like they're doing okay and feeling good I wouldn't be too concerned about it either.

 

[mamabyrd2014]

I put diatomaceous earth in the nesting boxes.i'm never had any problems with my chickens with mites or anything like that. I'm a real nitpicker about poop and I don't like to smell it when I go in my group so I keep it real clean you wouldn't even know I had chickens. A couple of my chickens have had dirty butts and it doesn't really look like poop but I really haven't gotten them up close and thoroughly examine them either so maybe I'll have to do that. I have a buff Orpington to,that looks like that's what you have. Mine is been good and healthy and she lays nice big eggs. I think it's like somebody else said it's just a change in the season. Hopefully that will straighten out. As long as they seem like they're doing okay and feeling good I wouldn't be too concerned about it either.

How do you keep the run stinkin to high heaven from mud??? We've had heavy rain and now its sooo hot. It smells awful.

 

[dawg53]

Quote: Sand, about 5 to 6 inches deep. It wont wash away nor get muddy...think beach. It also dries quicker and deters parasites. It's easier to scoop poop and no more nasty mudpuddles that birds love to drink from.

 

[shady hen lane]

The mineral stuff you were talking about are nits, well if you want to get rid of those use Coconut Oil. At the base, of the feathers! It is a substance and it works really good.

 

[ladyearth]

I think I would feed her this for a E.coli infection in the gut

you can feed this wet mash with vit's to all the chickens it will not hurt them just help the gut flora

for each chicken fed this wet mash with vit's
3 tbsp of dry crumble feed
4 bsp of milk
1 tbsp of yoguart and 1 tbsp of apple sauce left till after you put in the vit's for her gut problem

and for each chicken in flock(your feeding this to) put in one 1000 mg of vit E cut end off and add to mix

1 vit B complex for each chick fed crushed and put in the wet mix
also a tablet crushed of selinium mix good and

last add 1 tbsp of apple sauceon top
to get them eating the wet mash probiotic

feed this for several days twice a day
then once a week for life of chicken to restore gut flora in the medicated birds gut

also put 2 tbsp of ACV in gallon of water and do this for several weeks when not putting medication in the waterers
email me with any questions

Anyody tried this lately ? thanks