Mine only stink if they're wet. I love to bury my nose in the back of my hen's necks and smell their feathers! I just love nice bird smell.
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Just jumping on this old post as I am experiencing the same issue. I have a silkie who is tiny compared to the rest, her eggs are so small and she seems very frail but generally happy and active. She had a respiratory infection about 8-10 weeks ago and I thought she was done for. She pulled through but has recently developed a really bad smell. She stinks of poop but is clean. She even enjoys the odd warm bath. I just said to my husband the smell is just from her, everywhere else is clean! I don’t get it. my other hens don’t smell like her. And I’m gutted as she is my favourite girl, so sweet and loves company but is super stinky to enjoy a cuddleYour chickens should smell like laundry that has been sitting in the sun to dry, when you bury your nose in their feathers.
I had a runt silkie once that smelled like poo. I don't know why. No one else smelled that way.
There is a respiratory disease called coryza that has a distinctive odor, but I have no experience with it.
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Is the smell a "poo" smell or something different?