Red and poopy bottom

[Crs1]

This is my 2 yo rooster. I have been applying hydrocortisone ointment to the red skin and petroleum jelly to the clumps for two nights. The big glob is not attached to his skin just feathers Petroleum jelly not working. I am going to cut the clumps off with out pulling the shaft of the feather completely off. Will the feathers grow back? What is causing this? I have one 2 yo hen that looks poopy to. I just saw it so will be looking at that tomorrow
Thanks,
Connie

 

[Wyorp Rock]

View attachment 4278218This is my 2 yo rooster. I have been applying hydrocortisone ointment to the red skin and petroleum jelly to the clumps for two nights. The big glob is not attached to his skin just feathers Petroleum jelly not working. I am going to cut the clumps off with out pulling the shaft of the feather completely off. Will the feathers grow back? What is causing this? I have one 2 yo hen that looks poopy to. I just saw it so will be looking at that tomorrow
Thanks,
Connie

I'd get the clumps off and then access the tissue.

Give him a good cleanup.

The redness may just be from irritation from the poop burning the skin.

I'd apply some NuStock cream to the tissue to help soothe it and let it heal up.

Cut feathers will be replace when he molts.

As for why he's getting a poopy bottom. Have you dewormed? Can you take a sampling of poop to a vet for a fecal float?

What's his diet?

 

[Crs1]

Thank you so much for your reply!
NUStock is ordered get it tomorrow
We also have safeguard aqasol arriving today to use in the water.

No I don’t have a vet who will look at chickens. I called a few years ago and they almost laughed at me.

We feed our chickens egg producer 20 percent protein from our local grain elavator, And they free range sun up to sundown. Right now we are adding rooter Booster Poultry Booster you mix with their feed to see if that helps them lay eggs, and make them look a little better.

We have had a history of chickens not laying eggs, right now we have a flock or about 30, 20 are 3 yo 10 are 2 yo. they have stopped laying. And they really haven’t laid much for a while. How after do you deworm?

I hope that I have covered all your questions sufficiently.
And again thank you so much for your reply
Connie

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Thank you so much for your reply!
NUStock is ordered get it tomorrow
We also have safeguard aqasol arriving today to use in the water.

No I don’t have a vet who will look at chickens. I called a few years ago and they almost laughed at me.

We feed our chickens egg producer 20 percent protein from our local grain elavator, And they free range sun up to sundown. Right now we are adding rooter Booster Poultry Booster you mix with their feed to see if that helps them lay eggs, and make them look a little better.

We have had a history of chickens not laying eggs, right now we have a flock or about 30, 20 are 3 yo 10 are 2 yo. they have stopped laying. And they really haven’t laid much for a while. How after do you deworm?

I hope that I have covered all your questions sufficiently.
And again thank you so much for your reply
Connie

If you are going to use Safeguard Aquasol© that will treat Roundworms Only in poultry. If you follow the dosing directions on the box/bottle or their website, there is no withdrawal period for eggs.

Feed sounds good and extra vitamins for a few days won't hurt.

Hopefully that's just an accumulation of poop getting stuck to fluff, it can happen, but I'd also watch to see if it continues or if you notice a discharge (continual white/pasty yeasty smell) or even look for mites/lice just to rule out a few other things.

Deworming is a good idea, you may want to give some probiotics after you finish deworming.

 

[Crs1]

If you are going to use Safeguard Aquasol© that will treat Roundworms Only in poultry. If you follow the dosing directions on the box/bottle or their website, there is no withdrawal period for eggs.

Feed sounds good and extra vitamins for a few days won't hurt.

Hopefully that's just an accumulation of poop getting stuck to fluff, it can happen, but I'd also watch to see if it continues or if you notice a discharge (continual white/pasty yeasty smell) or even look for mites/lice just to rule out a few other things.

Deworming is a good idea, you may want to give some probiotics after you finish deworming.

Is there some other dewormer you would suggest? What kind of worms, that I have seen no evidence of, would I need to deworm for? I must say, even it doesn’t seem like much, but we got 3 eggs today! That is progress for us!!
Thank you

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Is there some other dewormer you would suggest? What kind of worms, that I have seen no evidence of, would I need to deworm for? I must say, even it doesn’t seem like much, but we got 3 eggs today! That is progress for us!!
Thank you

Roundworms can be common, so I'd treat for those with the Aquasol© and see how that goes.

Safeguard Liquid Goat dewormer (10%) and Albendazole, both can be used to treat most worms that poultry can have except for Tapeworms. These 2 would be given orally to each individual bird by weight.

Your hens are 2-3years old, so I would make an assumption that they all molted at some point this past fall/early winter. As they get a bit older, it seems it takes them longer to come back into lay. Generally, this is after Winter Solstice when days start getting longer.
So, if you are starting to get some eggs now, then hopefully more will come back into lay soon as there will be increasing daylight hours.

Most of mine are 3-6years, so I'm just now starting to get a few eggs weekly. I expect over the next month or so, more of my hens will resume laying (Hopefully!).

Are all of yours confined or do they roam about some? Is it possible they have a hidden nest somewhere?