What did my hen get into??

[Chickens4Life101]

So this morning when we opened up the coop door, our white leghorn, buttercup, came walking out with mud ALL over her back. She didn't go to bed like this. What happened??

 

[Henrik Petersson]

She may have slept under another chicken and gotten pooped on.

 

[Chickassan]

That's chicken mud, poor buttercup.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I would say that is poop It never fails that a white bird is going to get poop on them

She may dust bath and preen it off or if she is agreeable, you can give that area a quick rinse (if she is like mine, good luck)

 

[Chickens4Life101]

I would say that is poop It never fails that a white bird is going to get poop on them

She may dust bath and preen it off or if she is agreeable, you can give that area a quick rinse (if she is like mine, good luck)

Ok, She probably won't enjoy a quick rinse, but they all take a dust bath every Saturday. (Isn't it strange that they take a dustbath on the same day every week) So I guess I'll just wait until tomorrow evening and she should be clean.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Ok, She probably won't enjoy a quick rinse, but they all take a dust bath every Saturday. (Isn't it strange that they take a dustbath on the same day every week) So I guess I'll just wait until tomorrow evening and she should be clean.

Leghorns are not keen getting a bath from humans

That is funny that they all just take a bath on Saturdays.

 

[MrsEskew]

She got pooped on.
She probably lost her roosting spot to a more dominant hen and slept under them. Sometimes the ones at the bottom of the pecking order doesn't get to roost. You might want to add another roosting spot that is too low to be appealing to the 'big shots'.

 

[Henrik Petersson]

Ok, She probably won't enjoy a quick rinse, but they all take a dust bath every Saturday. (Isn't it strange that they take a dustbath on the same day every week) So I guess I'll just wait until tomorrow evening and she should be clean.

Good. No sense in bathing them unless absolutely necessary. Apart from the stress of handling, bathing can make their feathers lose protective oils.

 

[Lazy Farmer]

If it was in my yard....It's most likely from going under an oily automobile. I see that a lot here with total rangers.

 

[aart]

That's chicken mud

Hit my funny bone!