- Mar 15, 2011
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Greetings!
Apologies for not having photos, I hope my explanation will suffice.
A few years ago, I had a mature but productive maran develop an ugly butt situation. She always had poopy butt. I took her to a smart employee at a feed store, who recommended using Monostat in that area. I did that for a while, it never seemed to do much of anything. Other than an ugly butt, she was happy and productive. She lived like that for at least a year and then died (cannot remember the cause of death). About a year has passed, and I now have two other hens with the same poopy butt. It started with one but now it is two. They are aged about 4-6 years old. One is a Leghorn and the other is a Red Star. The coop has had fresh straw since the passing of the original poopy butted chicken, and the whole coop has been sprayed down with Oxine. I've given the poopsters (and everyone in the henhouse) a bath with ACV in it. I've also fed them probiotics, yogurt, applying topical anti-fungal, applying topical antibiotic cream, and now have separated the two poopy hens from the flock.
Treating their butts with cream was difficult due to the crust on their feathers, so I pulled out enough feathers to give me access to their skin. I thought I was seeing improvement, but yesterday I noticed they are both dirty again.
They have been in a separate and small cage for a month or so. I'm very sad for them, but I don't know what to do. I wish I could try an antibiotic, but they are no longer sold.
Behavior is unchanged except that they have stopped laying. Other than the butts, they do not appear unhealthy, they eat and drink, and poop looks normal.
I have hens and young pullets in the henhouse and want to keep them safe.
Any ideas on what could be going on and how to treat?
Thanks.
Apologies for not having photos, I hope my explanation will suffice.
A few years ago, I had a mature but productive maran develop an ugly butt situation. She always had poopy butt. I took her to a smart employee at a feed store, who recommended using Monostat in that area. I did that for a while, it never seemed to do much of anything. Other than an ugly butt, she was happy and productive. She lived like that for at least a year and then died (cannot remember the cause of death). About a year has passed, and I now have two other hens with the same poopy butt. It started with one but now it is two. They are aged about 4-6 years old. One is a Leghorn and the other is a Red Star. The coop has had fresh straw since the passing of the original poopy butted chicken, and the whole coop has been sprayed down with Oxine. I've given the poopsters (and everyone in the henhouse) a bath with ACV in it. I've also fed them probiotics, yogurt, applying topical anti-fungal, applying topical antibiotic cream, and now have separated the two poopy hens from the flock.
Treating their butts with cream was difficult due to the crust on their feathers, so I pulled out enough feathers to give me access to their skin. I thought I was seeing improvement, but yesterday I noticed they are both dirty again.
They have been in a separate and small cage for a month or so. I'm very sad for them, but I don't know what to do. I wish I could try an antibiotic, but they are no longer sold.
Behavior is unchanged except that they have stopped laying. Other than the butts, they do not appear unhealthy, they eat and drink, and poop looks normal.
I have hens and young pullets in the henhouse and want to keep them safe.
Any ideas on what could be going on and how to treat?
Thanks.
