Poop hanging from hen's behind?

[WildestThing]

My girls have finished molting and are now beautifully feathered, including their fluffy behinds. Unfortunately, on some of them, there are gobs of poop hanging off the soft feathers under their vents. Last year, I trimmed off the feathers under their vents if they had hanging poop. Does anyone else have this problem, and what did you do to fix it?

Otherwise, for the flock in general, their poop looks pretty good and they look healthy. They eat a lot of fresh papayas, free range on grass and also get feed.

 

[Miss Lydia]

My fluffy butt hens have this problem and I just trim when needed. There is just so much fluff back there it’s just easy for the poop to get stuck.

 

[WildestThing]

Thank you Miss Lydia! Clipping it is, then.