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In the Brooder
- Nov 24, 2025
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Okay, this is probably going to be long winded. Bare with me as I want to give you as much info as possible.
Last November we "rescued" a rooster and a hen. The hen had a broken toe and the rooster was very sick with some sort of upper respiratory infection. I nursed him back to health, with the lovely help of this community
he was in our bathroom for about 2 weeks, then back outside to their month long quarantine together. They stayed in a separate area about 1/4th of an acre away from our current flock. Everything seemed good so I they went with out flock of 9 ladies.
Fast forward to now, a little over a month together, and they SMELL SO BAD!!! All of them. It's like cecal poop all of the time. It is also tinted green
some of my girls are having it stick around their vent feathers. Now there are huge amounts of flies, which have never been an issue. None of this has ever been an issue. Our flock has ages ranging from 3-4, so they're no spring chickens. They're all acting fine. Some of my older girls appear older now.... Is that a thing? Their face looks more wrinkly than I remember. Im also hyper aware right now, you know how it is.
I also gave them all a fenben parasite cleanse when they joined the flock. They had leg mites, which I treated with elector psp, and will do another in a week as our feathered feet girls seem to still have them around the feathers coming out of the toe.
Idk, chicken raising had been "easy" for me up until this point. I've had sick ladies and they bounce back and everything is good. This feels different and the smell is horrendous. I clean every day, with a deep clean once a week at this point, and it still smells. Saturday lime is on the way right now.
I feel like I made a huge mistake. Damn this heart of mine for not being able to say no to these strays we got. I feel like I infected the entire flock, even through all the precautions, with something and feel just awful about it.
P.s. it is their actual poop that smells, but the ground or even just the coop. I hang out in there with them and when they poop in front of me it is God awful.
Last November we "rescued" a rooster and a hen. The hen had a broken toe and the rooster was very sick with some sort of upper respiratory infection. I nursed him back to health, with the lovely help of this community
he was in our bathroom for about 2 weeks, then back outside to their month long quarantine together. They stayed in a separate area about 1/4th of an acre away from our current flock. Everything seemed good so I they went with out flock of 9 ladies.Fast forward to now, a little over a month together, and they SMELL SO BAD!!! All of them. It's like cecal poop all of the time. It is also tinted green
some of my girls are having it stick around their vent feathers. Now there are huge amounts of flies, which have never been an issue. None of this has ever been an issue. Our flock has ages ranging from 3-4, so they're no spring chickens. They're all acting fine. Some of my older girls appear older now.... Is that a thing? Their face looks more wrinkly than I remember. Im also hyper aware right now, you know how it is.I also gave them all a fenben parasite cleanse when they joined the flock. They had leg mites, which I treated with elector psp, and will do another in a week as our feathered feet girls seem to still have them around the feathers coming out of the toe.
Idk, chicken raising had been "easy" for me up until this point. I've had sick ladies and they bounce back and everything is good. This feels different and the smell is horrendous. I clean every day, with a deep clean once a week at this point, and it still smells. Saturday lime is on the way right now.
I feel like I made a huge mistake. Damn this heart of mine for not being able to say no to these strays we got. I feel like I infected the entire flock, even through all the precautions, with something and feel just awful about it.
P.s. it is their actual poop that smells, but the ground or even just the coop. I hang out in there with them and when they poop in front of me it is God awful.
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