Possibly Delicate (and funny) question re: my roo

[ekemily]

name him Selleck, short for Tom Selleck. Maybe then the hens will go wild for his "manliness"

 

[al6517]

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These big ole clumps of nastiness need to be washed very clean first or you can't see the feathers well enough, and pulling a fether clumped full of you know what can upset the weak hearted. Use liberal amounts of veggie oil rub it in to soften the clumps pull them off then clean the area again very well before plucking.

If all this seems like it will take more time than you want to allow, and you have the stomach for it, then grab the poo clumps yank and be done with it, then clean the area and pluck a few you may have missed. do no apply anything on the vent, because I know what your going to say.................. he looks like it hurt his little hynie ooowww aawwww yada yada............. anything you put on will leave a residue that will hinder any samples he passes to the hen impotant.

On a good note once you do this and do it right the first time, you only have to just do a smidge of a touch up on them once a year.

 

[real_redhead]

Thanks for the info...the 2 I need to clean are hens! They just don't look so pretty with poop on their backside! I will work on it tomorrow...Wonder if I can get my kids to do this task haha

 

[BrattishTaz]

Great timing for this thread! I told my daughters today that tomorrow is butt washing day for my Orpington roos.

Thanks for the plucking idea. They do it to each other and it doesn't seem to really hurt them.

 

[melloladies]

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That's...ermm....a *lovely* photo you have there....
I had two hens I had to give a butt-icure to, and I don't see anything wrong with trimming the feathers as opposed to plucking. I don't see anything wrong with plucking either- but the trim is a quick snip snip and you are done- solves the lazy poopers problem real quick. No reason to rule it out as an option.

 

[the-bird-man]

well i would think if it turns out bad you could always just tell him and the girls that the fluff will grow back

i have a ee hen i have to keep trimmed because if i dont then the eggs get stuck in her fluff and it becomes a real pain

 

[galanie]

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Ok it's early, but I'm in hysterics laughing at George's probable reaction to my pulling the feathers out around his butt!

He sure looks pretty now after his bath, but later he'll get his "brazilian wax" too!

PS: You really have to soak those feathers to get the poo off. It will come loose but it takes some soaking. He was lucky; the hose had been in the sun so his bath was nice and warm. He did try to get out a time or two but since I had a good grip on his legs he only managed to get wetter and he hasn't tried to peck me since we reached our little understanding a while back. Here's George a couple months ago, before he got all his plumage in good. His bottom is (until later today) even fluffier than in this picture.

ETA: I had been trimming the feathers on my older hen's rears before, but now that breeding is entering the picture, I'm rethinking that.
He's out there crowing now. Oh, buddy, do I have a treat for you...

 

[galanie]

Update: Butt plucked, and the feathers started growing back within a couple weeks. I'm hoping that only happens once or twice a year like Al said. He doesn't enjoy it but if I don't grab a handful at a time it's not bad. And of you've ever tried to find an Orpingtons vent in all that fluff, let me tell you, this does help lol!

 

[Desirai]

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haaaaahahahaha!!

So it really doesn't hurt him to pull his feathers? I would think it'd be painful.. I can barely pluck my eyebrows.

 

[nickie]

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haaaaahahahaha!!

So it really doesn't hurt him to pull his feathers? I would think it'd be painful.. I can barely pluck my eyebrows.

Lol, only because I work in a spa where we do lots of waxing I will say this: you pluck a chicken, you tweeze your eyebrows. Better yet, wax those babies.

Anywho... This thread is hysterical.