Fortheloveofeggs
In the Brooder
- Sep 3, 2021
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Hi all,
I hope ye can help! We had a lovely small flock of hens (blackrocks and rhode island hybrids). One by one they all got very dirty bums and passed away despite my very best efforts to treat them and resolve the problem. I washed a lot of chicken bums!
We have had no chickens in over 6 months and in the meantime we covered our whole run in lime and thoroughly disinfected the (plastic) house for the millionth time. 2 weeks ago we took in two older rescue hens in need of a home. To my dismay one of them has a dirty bum this morning and has lost weight already. I am gutted! I have taken them out of the run now and will try to re home them.
Please, has anyone any advice about what is going on and how to solve it?! It must be our garden/soil is the problem. We live in a very rural area. Thanks in advance!
I hope ye can help! We had a lovely small flock of hens (blackrocks and rhode island hybrids). One by one they all got very dirty bums and passed away despite my very best efforts to treat them and resolve the problem. I washed a lot of chicken bums!
We have had no chickens in over 6 months and in the meantime we covered our whole run in lime and thoroughly disinfected the (plastic) house for the millionth time. 2 weeks ago we took in two older rescue hens in need of a home. To my dismay one of them has a dirty bum this morning and has lost weight already. I am gutted! I have taken them out of the run now and will try to re home them.
Please, has anyone any advice about what is going on and how to solve it?! It must be our garden/soil is the problem. We live in a very rural area. Thanks in advance!